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Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
MESOPOTAMIAN AND SYRIAN ARCHAEOLOGY DURING THE PROTOHISTORICAL PERIOD	PRT121	1. Semester	4 + 0	4.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	İbrahim Tunç SİPAHİ
Assistants
Goals	To introduce Mesopotamian cultures as heavily architectural and artistic, to study the works spread to various world museums with stylistic and periodical characteristics and to teach the hierarchical and religious structuring within the kingdom, central government and social system that began to take shape with the periods of these cultures in the light of archaeological data.
Course Content	Mesopotamia occupies a very important place in the history of humankind. In other words, Mesopotamian civilization formed between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris gives unique knowledge about the writing system, seals, metallurgy, architecture, administrative texts, arts, economy etc. This course aim to define first Mesopotamian cultures such as Hassuna / Samarra, Halaf and Ubeyd and urban cultures of Pre-Sumerian, Sumer, Akkad and Ur III Periods. Mesopotamian plain as a non-rich region in the Ancient world accomplish to organize the first steps of the civilization. In this course introduces the question of how did they make? The course introduces also new archaeological discoveries and current Project in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Learning Outcomes	1) From the age of transition from Mesopotamia to Upper Mesopotamia, the Hassuna / Samarra cultures representing the pottery-neolithic Neolithic are followed by a comprehensive knowledge of Halaf and Ubayd cultures. " 2) Third And Fourth Millenium B.C. Mesopotamian cultures are examined in outline. " 3) The birth of the c uneiform writing and its effects on society life are examined. " 4) Relations between Mesopotamia and the surrounding cultural regions are analyzed. 5) In Mesopotamia, it examines the emergence, spread and development of Sumerian and Akkadian cultures in a general perspective. " 6) Along with the Early Dynastic period, he examines the innovations in architecture, ceramics and art in Mesopotamia. " 7) Evaluates the emergence of Akkadian culture, the stylistic characteristics of art and architecture. " 8) He/she examines the characteristic features of the Ur era and the classical Sumerian art.