Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
MEDIAEVAL HISTORY	SBZ215	3. Semester	3 + 0	3.0	3.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Tolgahan AYANTAŞ
Assistants
Goals	This course aims to provide the students with knowledge and skills related to the theoretical and practical aspects of Medieval History.
Course Content	The fall of Rome, Christianity, The Migration of Tribes, The Byzantine Empire, the church in the east, The Rise of Islam; Muhammad's Vision, Islam Becomes an Empire, The Great Dynasties of China, The medieval Indian Empire, The Islamic Invasion; Islam in Spain and Africa, the Viking Invasion, the greatest king: Charlemagne, the battle of Hastings, The Age of Crusades, the wars of the roses,The Mongols Devastate the East; Genghis Kan, Marco Polo goes to China, Saladin of Jerusalem, El Cid and the "reconquest of Spain",Richard the Lionhearted, Magna Carta, The End of the World; the plague, a new way of living.
Learning Outcomes	1) Reach a conclusion about Middele Age History 2) Reach a conclusion about Middele Age society, art, science 3) Reach a conclusion about Middele Age Culture 4) Reach a conclusion about feudalism

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	What is Middle Ages	Lecture	Homework
2. Week	Decline of Roman Empire	Lecture	Homework
3. Week	Migration of tribes	Lecture	Homework
4. Week	Migration of tribes and feudalism	Lecture	Homework
5. Week	History of the Byzantine Empire	Lecture	Homework
6. Week	History of İslamic Empire	Lecture	Homework
7. Week	Umayyads and Abbasids	Lecture	Homework
8. Week	Viking Age an İnvasion	Lecture	Homework
9. Week	The Crusades and Muslims	Lecture	Homework
10. Week	Nomadic World in the Middele Age.	Lecture	Homework
11. Week	Late Medieval History	Lecture	Homework
12. Week	Monghol Empire in the world history	Lecture	Homework
13. Week	China and India in the world history	Lecture	Homework
14. Week	Science, Society and Culture in the middle ages	Lecture	Homework

Recommended Sources

Chris Harman, A people’s history of the world, Bookmarks Publications, England, 2002.

Mcevedy, Colin, Orta Çağ Tarihi Atlası, Çev: Ayşen Anadol , Sabancı Üniversitesi, İstanbul, 2010

McNeill, William, H, Dünya Tarihi, Çev: Alaeddin Şenel, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2008

Ostrogorsky, Georg, Bizans Devleti Tarihi, Çev: Prof. Dr. Fikret Işıltan, TTK Yayınları, Ankara, 2006

Pirenne, Henri, Ortaçağ Kentleri: kökenleri ve ticaretin canlanması, Çev: Şadan Karadeniz, İletişim, İstanbul, 1984

William Woodruf, A Concise History of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present: A Guide to World Affairs, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	16	3	48
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	10	10
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	15	15
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30