Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cultural Development and Transformation of Human in Anatolian Civilizations I
Course Code: ARKE550
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Teaching Anatolian Cultural History. Teaching Anatolian Civilizations and Their Cultures. Anatolian Civilizations and Cultures, explaining the cultural characteristics according to periods.

Course Content

This course, starting from primeval nature, the cave people moved to dominate their natural environment, which has continued up to the present day and has been described as the course of human civilization. Aspects of mankind's political, religious, military, technological, social and economic changeand cultural development and conversion are addresed in reference to the Anatolian archaeological material and with a focus upon on the contemporary understanding of these subjects.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Sedat AKKURNAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Anatolian Culture History will be learned.
2.Anatolian Civilizations will be Learned.
3.The cultural development of human will be learned.
4.The use of objects throughout history will be learned.
5.The history and geography of Anatolia will be learned.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Braidwood, R. J., Tarih Öncesi İnsan, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 1995.
2.Veli Sevin, Eski Anadolu ve Trakya : Başlangıcından Pers Egemenliğine Kadar,İletişim, 2003.
3.Arkeo Atlas. Tarihöncesinden Demir Çağı'na Anadolu'nun Arkeoloji Atlası, 2011.
4.Macqueen, J.G., Hititler ve Hitit Çağında Anadolu, Arkadaş Yayıncılık, 2015.
5.Erkanal, A. - Günel, S. - Deniz, U., Batı Anadolu ve Doğu Akdeniz Genç Tunç Çağı Kültürleri, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2008.
6.rkeo Atlas - Anadolu'nun Arkeoloji Atlası / Son Tunç Çağından Helenistik Döneme, 2012.
7.Mansel, A. M., Ege ve Yunan Tarihi, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1999.
8.Tekin, O., Eski Yunan ve Roma Tarihine Giriş, İletişim Yayıncılık, 2008.
9.Herodotos, Herodot Tarihi.
10. Blanck, H.,Eski Yunan ve Roma’da Yaşam, İstanbul, 1999.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction and Terms
Week 2 - Theoretical
Paleolithic and Mesolithic Periods
Week 3 - Theoretical
Neolithic Culture
Week 4 - Theoretical
Chalcolithic Cultures
Week 5 - Theoretical
Early Bronze Age Cultures
Week 6 - Theoretical
Hittite Civilization
Week 7 - Theoretical
Anatolian Cultures in the 2nd Millennium BC
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Late Hittite Civilization
Week 10 - Theoretical
Urartu Civilization
Week 11 - Theoretical
Phrygian Civilization
Week 12 - Theoretical
Lydian Civilization
Week 13 - Theoretical
Persian Civilization
Week 14 - Theoretical
Greek Civilization
Week 15 - Theoretical
Roman Civilization
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Week 17 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Reading130226
Individual Work130226
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
4
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4
4
4
4
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4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
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4
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4
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OÇ-5
4
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4
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2026