Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LATE ASSYRIAN & LATE BABYLONIAN PERIODS PRT423 7. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SUMER AND AKKAD

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Tayfun YILDIRIM
Assistants
Goals Learn the Archeology and Art of Assyrian and Babylon who founded the empire in North and South Mesopotamia
Course Content Investigation of material culture in the historical development of the period from the 1st millennium BC to 330 BC
Learning Outcomes 1) Northern and Southern Mesopotamia The first millennium political structure is examined in detail.
2) The way out of the main cities and the development and understanding of Late Assyrian and Late Babel architecture are examined.
3) Relations between Mesopotamia and neighboring cultural regions are examined in the First Millennium BC.
4) The influence of Mesopotamian art on different regions is discussed by examining the works of art and art appreciation.
5) In the light of monumental architectural examples, the palace art is studied in detail.
6) Political relations and social movements between Mesopotamia and the surrounding regions are examined in the light of written documents.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Mesopotamia at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. Political and cultural structure. Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework
2. Week Important cities of Late Assyrian and Late Babylonian and excavation history. Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework
3. Week II.Assurnasirpal period. (political history, architecture, orthostats and other works of art) Lecture

 Homework
4. Week III.Salmanasar Period. (political history, architecture) Lecture

 Homework
5. Week III.Salmasasar Period (Sculpture, Bronze door bands) Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week V. Şamsiadad and III.Adadnirari Period (political history, temple architecture, other works of art) Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving

 Homework
7. Week III.Tiglatpileser Period (political history, architectural remains, palace orthostats) Lecture

 Homework
8. Week Tilbarsip and Arslantaş (palace architecture, wall paintings and orthostats) Lecture

 Homework
9. Week Midterm Exam Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week II.Sargon Period (political history, Anatolian-Assyrian relations, reliefs and other works of art) Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving

 Homework
11. Week Sanharib Period. (Political history, architecture and reliefs) Lecture

 Homework
12. Week Esarhadon and Assurbanipal Periods. (Political history, relief art and other works of art) Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Esarhadon and Assurbanipal Periods. (Political history, relief art and other works of art) Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Introduction to Babylonian archeology. Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezar Period. Lecture; Problem Solving

 Homework
15. Week Introduction to Babylonian archeology. Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezar Period. Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework
16. Week final exam Question Answer

 Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
A. Moortgat , The Art of Ancient Mesopotamia. London 1969.
A.T. Olmstead, History of Assyria. Chicago 1975
B. Hrouda, Der Alte Orient. Geshichte und Kultur des alten Vorderasiens. München 1991.
E. Strommenger, The Art of Mesopotamia. london 1964
H.W.F. Saggs, The Greatness that was Assyria. London 1984.
H.W.F. Saggs, The Greatness that was Babylon. London 1963.
J.Reade Assyrian Sculpture. London 1983.
M. Roaf. The Cultural Atlas Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East,1990

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 16 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 16 3
Homework 20 4
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 20
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 20
Total Workload
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload