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
130300108210	PREHISTORIA- II	Elective	4	8	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

To provide the necessary information and documents about the history of ancient times of the Mesopotamia and Egypt. To give condition about civilizations, political, social, economic and military at ancient time in Mesopotamia and Egypt as established states.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	The 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.
2	They 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.
3	They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4	By 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.
5	Can learn place in world history of Mesopotamia
6	Evaluate the contributions of Mesopotamian civilization in the world civilizations.
7	Can learn place in the world history of the Egypt.
8	Evaluate the ancient Egypt contribution of the world civilization.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The geographical location of the Mesopotamian and Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian sites exposed and develop into a state of Egypt's geographical location and its place in history by highlighting inside, also in Egypt's political dominance phases will be discussed.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Geographical borders of Mesopotamia, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the effects of the region's political development.	reading, explanation, discussion
2	Sources of the history of Mesopotamia.	reading, explanation, discussion
3	Sumerian exits the stage of history. Debates about the origins of Sumerian. Political and cultural structures. The inventionof script and beginning of history.	reading, explanation, discussion
4	Akad site development. Akkadians elevations into an empire. The development of the idea of the state in Mesopotamia.	reading, explanation, discussion
5	Development of the site of Babylon. The structuring of the central government during the Hammurabi in Babylon.	reading, explanation, discussion
6	Administrative, legal and military areas of innovation. The collapse of Babylon.	reading, explanation, discussion
7	Assyrian site stand out. Assyrians of Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, and to provide control.	reading, explanation, discussion
8	Midterm Exam.
9	Culture and civilization of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, religion and law and economic structure.	reading, explanation, discussion
10	Egypt's geographical boundaries. Sources of Egyptian history.	reading, explanation, discussion
11	Transfer of the first empire in Egypt. Tinitler cycle. Hiksos migrations.	reading, explanation, discussion
12	The new imperial age. Ramses kings period. The period of the Hittite-Egyptian struggle.	reading, explanation, discussion
13	Transfer of the last empire. And the results of the Aegean migrations.	reading, explanation, discussion
14	In Egypt, social, economic and religious structure. Egyptian culture and civilization	reading, explanation, discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Ekrem Memiş, Eskiçağ Tarihi, Konya, 2006. Recep Yıldırım, İlkçağ Medeniyetleri, Ankara 2004 Afet İnan, Mısır Tarihi, Ankara 1967.

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

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