Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : KAD503 |
| 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 |
The aim of thiscourse is to bring students in a general knowledge about the women’s status within the Ancient Eastern World during a period from the earliest times of the Near East andEgypt to the conquests of the Alexander the Great during the years of 332-227 BC.
Women, men, children and family are the notions that appeared with the existence of mankind. Inthiscourse, women’s role andstatus in the Ancient Eastern (Ancient Mesopotamian, EgyptianandAnatolian) civilizationswill be taught, within the context of status, rights and responsibilities and mutual relations of the family members from the earliest times of history.
| Prof. Hüseyin ÜRETEN |
| 1. | Being able to compose a research question within the scope of course context, to review and summarize the literature. |
| 2. | Being able to evaluate the role of women in prehistoric age. |
| 3. | Being able to review the women’s role in Ancient Mesopotamian (Sumerian, Akkadian, BabylonianandAssyrian) societies. |
| 4. | Being able to review the women’s role in Ancient Egyptian societies. |
| 5. | Being able to review the women’s role in Ancient Anatolian societies. |
| 1. | Bahrani, Zainab, Women of Babylon: GenderandRepresentation in Mesopotamia, New York, Routledge, 2001. |
| 2. | Halton, Charles andSaanaSvard, Women’sWriting of Ancient Mesopotamia, Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, 2018. |
| 3. | Steadman, Sharon R.,GregoryMcMahon, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia: 10.000-323 B.C.E., (Oxford Handbooks), Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 2011. |
| 4. | Vivante, B.,Women’sroles in Ancient Civilizations: A Reference Guide, Westport, Conn, GreenwoodPress, 1999. |
| 5. | Yıldırım, Kemal, Role of Women in Ancient EgyptandMesopotamia, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 |
| Seminar | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Reading | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 125 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
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