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| INTR2007 | World History - I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Emre YÜRÜK | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Dr. Vahit Güntay | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to teach the events of the past responsible for shaping the world today. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | To teach students with a chronological knowledge of key events in world history. | 2,6 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | To familiarize students with important concepts in world history. | 2,6 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | To strengthen students' general knowledge of wars, the rise of political systems, religions, by pointing to the agricultural, industrial, scientific and commercial revolutions in human history. | 2,6 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course covers all of human history from the emergence of humanity to the 1500s. It will be studied the history of major world cultures, and empires of world history. This course will also handle larger themes in world history, such as trade, the development of technology, the spread of religions, and the historical relationship between societies. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Definitions of Terms, the Origin of the Universe and First Human | | | Week 2 | The Prehistoric Ages | | | Week 3 | Early River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus and Yangtze (Yellow River) | | | Week 4 | Anatolian Civilisations | | | Week 5 | First Age of Empires (1500 BC - 200 BC) | | | Week 6 | Classical Greek and Hellenistic Periods | | | Week 7 | The Roman Empire and Early Christianity | | | Week 8 | The Byzantine Empire and the Turks in Anatolia | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | Week 10 | China, India and the Americas (500 BC ? AD 1500) | | | Week 11 | Emergence and Rise of Islam: The Muslim World | | | Week 12 | European Middle Ages: The Formation of Western Europe (500-1500) | | | Week 13 | Mongols, Central Asia and East Asia | | | Week 14 | The Rise of the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean (1302-1550) | | | Week 15 | The Age of Discoveries | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | McNeill, William H. 1991; The Rise of the West. | | | 2 | Freeman, Charles. 1996; Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean. | | | 3 | Lewis, Bernard. 1995; The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years. | | | 4 | Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990). | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 10 | 3 | 30 | | Diğer 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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