Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300104207BYZANTINE HISTORY-IIElective243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The objective of this course is to enable students to summarize the political history of the Byzantine Empire from the reign of Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034) to the end of the Byzantine Empire (1453), to summarize the administrative structure, social and economic life, subjects of science and art in the Byzantine Empire.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr. Gör. Emin Nuri SALMANOĞLU
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 information of archive, library and documents. In addition, by evaluating these sources in decent way through its originality, they will present service and being of academic society.
6To be able to summarize the political history of the Byzantine Empire from the reign of Romanos III Argyros (1028-1034) to the end of the Byzantine Empire (1453)
7To be able to summarize the administrative structure, social and economic life, subjects of science and art in the Byzantine Empire.
8To be able to examine the role and impact of the Byzantine Empire in world history
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Latin domination during the period until the conquest of Istanbul in 1453 the Byzantine Empire.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1028 and 1071reading, explanation, discussion
2Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1071 and 1204reading, explanation, discussion
3The Fourth Crusade and separation of the Byzantine Empire into Latin and Grek statesreading, explanation, discussion
4Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1240 and 1261reading, explanation, discussion
5The reign of Michael VIII Palaiologos (1259 – 1283) and recapture of İstanbul (1261))reading, explanation, discussion
6Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1282 and 1354reading, explanation, discussion
7Political, military and social developments in Byzantine between 1354 and 1453reading, explanation, discussion
8Midterm Exam.
9The fall of the Byzantine Empirereading, explanation, discussion
10The administrative structure of the Byzantine Empirereading, explanation, discussion
11Military building in the Byzantine Empirereading, explanation, discussion
12Social structure in the Byzantine Empirereading, explanation, discussion
13Economic structure in the Byzantine Empirereading, explanation, discussion
14The effect of Byzantine culture and civilization on other culturesreading, explanation, discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
Ostrogorsky, Bizans Devleti Tarihi 2. Charles Diehl, Bizans İmparatorluğu Tarihi 3. Cyril Mango, Bizans Yeni Roma İmparatorluğu 4. Paul Lemerle, Bizans 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 Lectures13226
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Reading7214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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