The aim of this course, examination of the cultures from port settlements from east of Mediterranean, Eastern Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia, Syria, Iraq and relations with their contemporaries in Greece and Western Anatolia in the Iron Age.

The written documents, especially with the help of other archaeological findings, examination of settlements from east of Mediterranean (Levant Geography), cultures of Eastern Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia, Syria, Iraq and relations with cultures of Mainland Greece and Western Anatolia in the Iron Age.