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
130300107112	MONGOL HISTORY	Elective	4	7	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course of Turkish-Mongol Empire, history, world history with examples of the changes caused by the location and investigate.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Gonca SUTAY

Learning Outcomes

1	To be able to comprehend the establishment and development of the Mongol Empire
2	To be able to comprehend the Western campaigns of Genghis Khan
3	To be able to understand and transfer the Mongol successor states
4	To comprehend the history of Ilkhanid

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Explaining the general characteristics of the Mongol Empire, about the geography and features of the Mongol Empire will be assessed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Sources of the History of the Mongol Empire	reading, explanation, discussion
2	Timuchin's birth, personality and life until he was elected Khan	reading, explanation, discussion
3	Timuçin's election as Khan by taking the title of Genghis and establishing the Mongol State by bringing the Mongol communities together	reading, explanation, discussion
4	Genghis Khan's Chinese Expedition	reading, explanation, discussion
5	The Otrar Disaster and Genghis Khan's Westernization	reading, explanation, discussion
6	Mongol Invasion in Turkestan	reading, explanation, discussion
7	The Mongol Empire after the Death of Genghis Khan	reading, explanation, discussion
8	Midterm Exam.
9	Mongol Successor States: Overview of the Golden Horde Khanate, Kublai Khanate, Chagatai Khanate and Ilkhanids	reading, explanation, discussion
10	Hülagü Khan and the Establishment of the Ilkhanid State	reading, explanation, discussion
11	Abaka, Ahmet Teküder and Argun Khan Periods	reading, explanation, discussion
12	Geyhadu, Baydu and Ghazan Khan Periods	reading, explanation, discussion
13	Oycaytu and Abu Said Bahadır Khan Periods and the Fall of the Ilkhanid State	reading, explanation, discussion
14	Mongol Relations with Anatolian Seljuks and Mamluks	reading, explanation, discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Ahmet Temir, Moğolların Gizli Tarihi, Ankara 1996 Jean Poul Roux, Moğol İmparatorluğu, Ankara 2003 Cuveyni, Tarih-i Cihan Güşa, Ankara 1998

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	13	2	26
Self Study	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	9	9
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Reading	7	2	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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