Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CUNEIFORM AND ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT SUM103 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals The main aimof the lecture is to give detailed information on the appearance and development stages of the cuneiform writing system.
Course Content The invention of cuneiform, the factors that cause it, the development stages of the writing, the languages and geographies it is applied to constitute the content of the course.
Learning Outcomes 1) Information about the emergence of cuneiform writing.
2) Knowledge about the development stages of cuneiform writing.
3) Knowledge of the languages and regions in which cuneiform is applied, and the solution of the writing.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week General information obout cuneiform system Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Storyline; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
2. Week The development of cuneiform in content Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Formal development of cuneiform Lecture; Problem Solving
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning; Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Languages in which cuneiform is applied Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Deciphering of the cuneiform writing system Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Reading Archaic Sumerian construction inscriptions Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Reading and reviewing Gudea Statute C Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Reading administrative-economic texts of the Ur III period Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Reading sample texts from Kültepe Archives Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Reading sample texts from Kültepe Archives-2 Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Reading sample texts from the Old Babylonian Period Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Reading sample texts from the Mari archive Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Reading the Hammurabi law articles written in the final version of the cuneiform system-1 Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Reading the Hammurabi law articles written in the final version of the cuneiform system-2 Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Nissen, Damerow, Englund 1993, Hans J. Nissen, Peter Damerow, Robert K. Englund, Archaic Bookkeeping, Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1993.
Schmandt-Besserat 1996, Denise Schmandt-Besserat, How Writing Came About, University of Texas Press, Austin 1996.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 10 2
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 4 2
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 3 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 7 4
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 7 4
1 1
1 1
4 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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