Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Civilization I
Course Code: SOS223
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

In this course from primitive community to civilised society, social, economic, religious and intellectual transformations that experienced by humankind handled with cause-effect relation.

Course Content

Economic, societal and intellectual structures of primitive communities, agricultural revolution, from agriculture to trade, city state and socio-economic structures of civilised societies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Get information about primitive community process and ıts socio-economic structure.
2.Get informaton about transtion from agriculture to craft and trade; differentiation and complication of economic activity.
3.To connect between transformation of economic activity and cultural-intellectual changes.
4.Be able to learn basis of civilization
5.Be able to learn concepts of surplus product and surplus value
6.Be able to analyse basis of religious thinking
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Huberman, Leo (1991), Feodal Toplumdan Yirminci Yüzyıla, Çev. Murat Belge, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul.
2.Heaton, Herbert (1985), Avrupa İktisat Tarihi (2 Cilt), Çev. Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay, Osman Aydoğuş, Teori Yayınları, Ankara.
3.Selik, Mehmet (?), 100 Soruda İktisadi Doktrinler Tarihi, Gerçek Yayınevi, İstanbul.
4.Lordoğlu, Kuvvet (1996), Kapitalizm, İzm’ler Dizisi:9, BDS Yayınları, İstanbul.
5.Caniklioğlu, Meltem (1996), Liberalizm, İzm’ler Dizisi:3, BDS Yay., İstanbul.
6.Somçağ, Selim (1994), Avrupa Feodalizminin Evrimi, Bağlam Yayınları, İstanbul.
7.Pirenne, Henri (2000), Ortaçağ Kentleri, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul.
8.Pirenne, Henri (2005), Ortaçağ Avrupa’sının Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul.
9.Bloch, Mark (….), Feodal Toplum, Doğu Batı Yayınları,
10.Şenel, Alâeddin (!985) Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihi, Teori Yay. Ankara.
11.Şenel Alâeddin (1995) İlkel Topluluktan Uygar Topluma, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Economic, societal and intellectual structures of primitive communities.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Hunter-gatherer communities
Week 3 - Theoretical
Economical structure of primitive community
Week 4 - Theoretical
Societal and intellectual structures of primitive community
Week 5 - Theoretical
Tarım Devrimi-Çiftçilik
Week 6 - Theoretical
Agricultural revolution from agriculture to crafts and trade
Week 7 - Theoretical
From surplus energy to surplus product
Week 8 - Theoretical
Economic structure In Transition process from primitive community to civilised society.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Societal and intellectual structure in transition
Week 10 - Theoretical
Political structure n Transition process from primitive community to civilised society.
Week 11 - Theoretical
From city states to nation states and empires.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Development of Technology corcerning production and war
Week 13 - Theoretical
From metaphysics to religious mind.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Uygar Toplumda Ekonomik, Toplumsal ve Düşünsel Dönüşümler
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140342
Individual Work150230
Midterm Examination119221
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)152
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
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4
OÇ-2
4
4
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4
4
3
5
4
4
5
4
OÇ-3
4
4
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4
4
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5
4
4
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4
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OÇ-6
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