Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300104403ANCIENT HISTORY AND CIVILIZATIONS-IVCompulsory243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Political and cultural history of urartu kingship will be given in detail.
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Learning Outcomes
1The individuals who are major in their field and experienced are being grown as dependent on main principles of Republic of Turkey and convenient for the main aims of Turkish national education system.
2They will achieve some behaviour such as being open-minded while doing scientific investigations, being suspicious and delaying decisions in the situation of having no complete proof, and they can maintain their studies with patience and care.
3They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4By learning other disciplines which can be an assist to science of history, they will benefit from the branches which will help them in their investigations and studies.
5They will have the command of grammar rules of Turkish and will use it in best way.
6By dividing periods into ages they will learn deeply one by one. By comprehending the facts containing old age, middle age and modern age and the republic of turkey, they will be able reach sources concerned with these.
7They will achieve the skills to convey their collections concerned with subject both verbally and in writing, to work independently and to take responsibility , to make evaluation over the information they have learned and to manage and direct.
8With social responsibility they will be able to increase attention to history in society in the condition of study of group and individual and they will contribute social enlightenment by presenting much people with actions such as conference and lecture.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The origin of Urartus, the appearance of Urartus on the scene of history, the geography in which Urartus established state, the collapse of Urartus, state government in Urartus, art, religion, language, writing, social life, economical life, centers of crucial archeological heritage belong to Urartus are discussed within the context of this lesson.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Urartu investigations and sources.Reading, criticizing
2First mentioning on Urartu, geographical places of Ururadri and Nairi.Reading, criticizing
3Near East in establishment years.Reading, criticizing
4First king, cities of king, and rise of religion of state.Reading, criticizing
5The period of Işpuini and Menua , north and north east expansion of the state and transfer of population.Reading, criticizing
6Muvattali and Kades war , Hattusilis 3rd.Reading, criticizing
7Nomadic tribes.Reading, criticizing
8Midterm Exam
9Coalition against assur and late kings of kingship.Reading, criticizing
10Writing and language.Reading, criticizing
11Religion and art in urartu.Reading, criticizing
12Military and social architecture in urartu.Reading, criticizing
13Mining and wood art in urartu.Reading, criticizing
14Language and writing.Reading, criticizing
Recommended or Required Reading
Ekrem AKURGAL, Anadolu Uygarlıkları.; Sedat ALP, Hitit Devleti. Firuzan KINAL, Eski Anadolu Tarihi.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13339
Field Work8216
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Homework Problems224
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
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