Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Civilization II
Course Code: KAY104
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Being able to examine the development of human history with cultural and material perspective since ancient civilizations.

Course Content

Antique Greek, History, Culture, Civilization, Production and Consumption Relations

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Ali Arda YÜCEYILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Being able to tell pre-state life styles and production-distribution relations.
2.Being able to categorize factors that affected the birth of civilizations.
3.Being able to explain the emergence form of important and huge civilizations in the world and their impact on the history of humanity.
4.Being able to remark the historical development of huge civilizations.
5.Being able to analyse the current discussions about civilizations.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.James C. DAVIS, İnsanın Hikayesi: Taş Devrinden Bugüne Tarihimiz, İş Bankası Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
2.Tom STANDAGE, Altı Bardakta Dünya Tarihi, Turkuaz Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012.
3.Enis BATUR, Modernizmin Serüveni, Alkım Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Advertisement of the Course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Main Concepts of History of Civilizations
Week 3 - Theoretical
Production Style, Civilization and Administration
Week 4 - Theoretical
Primitive Community, Humanity in Prehistoric Ages
Week 5 - Theoretical
Gathering, Begining of Hunting: First Social Division of Labor, Beginning of Private Ownership
Week 6 - Theoretical
Plantation, Taming of Animals: Second Social Division of Labor
Week 7 - Theoretical
Slaver Society, Beginning of Slavery, Occur of Social Classes, Occur of City and City States
Week 8 - Theoretical
Differentiation Between Agriculture and Industry: Third Social Division of Labor, Slavery System in Ancient Greece, Economic and Socail System
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 10 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 11 - Theoretical
Feudal Society, Meaning of Feudalism
Week 12 - Theoretical
Production Type of Feudal Society, Social Classes and Political Organisation of Feudalism
Week 13 - Theoretical
Capitalist Society, the Emergence of Bourgeois
Week 14 - Theoretical
Pruduction Type and Social Classes, Political Organisation
Week 15 - Theoretical
General Review
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Individual Work130226
Midterm Examination127128
Final Examination131132
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026