Bayburt University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
D112B	History of Islam	Compulsory	1	2	4

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To have knowledge about the history of the four Caliphs, Umayyad, Abbasi and Andalusia

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Learning Outcomes

1	It provides making known the featured sources used in evaluating and teaching Muslim-Turkish states.
2	It teaches conquest activities to Turkish states and the relations between Turks and Arabs.
3	It teaches the services, duties and becoming of state of Turks in Abbasid states.
4	It teaches religious, social and cultural attitudes of Muslim-Turkish states, their state order and institutions.
5	It teaches the regime, wars, treaties and relations with neighboring countries of Muslim-Turkish states.
6	It helps student to know, analyze and evaluate how Anatolia became Turkish and Islamic.
7	It teaches the struggles of Turkish states with each other’s and their results.
8	Acquires knowledge about how the Turkicization and Islamization of Anatolia and gain the ability to make evaluation and analysis.
9	The place of Turkish history in the world and Islamic history, its effects on today, the effects on the Islamic world are learned.
10	Throughout history, the struggles and consequences of Turkish states are learned.

Mode of Delivery

Normal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Political and Social History of the Four Caliphs and the Umayyad, Abbasid and Andalusian States

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The Four Caliphs Period: Political History
2	Period of the Four Caliphs: Socio-Economic History
3	Establishment of the Umayyad State and Political Developments
4	General Characteristics of Umayyad Caliphs and Periods
5	The Umayyad Sufyanis (Muawiyah, Yazid and Muawiyah) and their General Characteristics
6	Mervanis (Marwan, Abdülmelik b. Marwan and others)
7	The Fall of the Umayyad Empire and the Emergence of the Abbasid Government
8	Midterm
9	General Characteristics of Abbasid State
10	The First Abbasid Caliphs
11	Abbasid Caliphs After Mutual Relocation
12	Umayyad and Abbasids in Time Culture and Civilization
13	Political History of the Andalusian State
14	Social History of Andalusia, Arts and Science in Andalusia
15	Western influence of Islamic civilization through Andalusia
16	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Adem APAK, Anahatlarıyla İslâm Tarihi II: Hulefâ-i Râşidîn. Adem APAK, Anahatlarıyla İslâm Tarihi III: Emevîler Dönemi. Adem APAK, Anahatlarıyla İslâm Tarihi IV: Abbâsîler Dönemi Endülüs”, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi, XI, 211-232

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Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	2	20	40
Final Examination	2	40	80
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			120

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