Iğdır 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
210201302207	HISTORY OF ISLAM II	Compulsory	3	6	2

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To learn about the religious, political and cultural histories of the Umayyads, Andalusian Umayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, to comprehend the Islamization process of the Turks and the political, social, economic and cultural histories of the Muslim Turkish states established in history.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Abdulhalim OFLAZ

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluates the transition period of the Islamic world to the reign, the political and cultural history of the Umayyad and Abbasid states. 2. Solves the problems of today's Islamic world in perceiving and understanding, based on historical experiences. 3. Comprehends how power struggles among Muslims lead to social problems and divisions, establishes a cause-effect relationship with contemporary problems. 4. Explain the characteristics of semi-independent states established by Muslim Turks. 5. The student taking the course explains the Islamization process of the Turks, their contributions to the Islamic culture-civilization, and analyzes and synthesizes the Turkish-Islamic history. 6. Evaluates the place and importance of Turkish-Islamic states established in Iran, India, Central Asia and Eastern Europe in history. 7. Explains and evaluates the characteristics of Turkish-Islamic states established in Anatolia and the Balkans, their place in history and their effects on today. 8. Explains the place and importance of Karakhanids, Ghaznavids and Seljuks in Islamic history.

Mode of Delivery

Uzaktan Eğitim

Prerequisites and co-requisities

compulsory

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The establishment and rise of the Umayyad state
2	Decline and collapse of the Umayyad state
3	Umayyad state culture and civilization
4	Abbasids: Early Abbasid History 850-847
5	Late Abbasid history
6	Abbasid culture and civilization
7	The emergence of states under the Abbasids
8	Islamic states established in Africa
9	Andalusia Umayyad State and culture-civilization
10	The Islamization Process of Turks
11	Semi-Independent Turkish Islamic States
12	Independent Muslim Turkish States (Idil Bulgarian Khanate, Karakhanids, Ghaznavids)
13	Great Seljuk State and Other Seljuk States
14	First Turkish Incursions to Anatolia, Anatolian Seljuks and Principalities Period

Recommended or Required Reading

1.Baş, Eyüp (Editör), İslâm Tarihi El Kitabı, Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara 2012. 2.Apak, Adem, İslâm Tarihi-II ve III, IV, İstanbul 2010, 2011. 3. Hakkı Dursun Yıldız (Ed.), Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük İslâm Tarihi, İstanbul 1988. 4. Nesimi Yazıcı, İlk Türk-İslâm Devletleri Tarihi, Ankara 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	50
Homework	1	50
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		20
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		80
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	4	4
Attending Lectures	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	8	2	16
Individual Study for Final Examination	6	4	24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	4	4	5	3	5	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High