History of Seljuks

Course Code:

HIST 120

Semester:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Lab:

3

Laboratuvar Saati:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

3

Course Language:

Turkish

Course Objectives:

The aim of this course is to enable students to learn history of Selcuqs, and to discuss different historiographies.

Course Content:

Oghuzs in the period of Gokturks and Uighurs, Sır-derya Oghuz Yabgu State, Selcuqs arriving in Khorasan; Great Seljuq Empire, and history of its consecutives (Iraq, Kirman, Syrian-Palestine Seljuqs).

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, B: Attendance and Participation C: Paper

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1) To learn sources of history and to comprehend the arguments related to the relevant sources.	1,2,3	A,B,C
2) To explain modern historiography and its basic terms.	1,2,3	A,B,C
3) To remember pre modern historiographyl traditions	1,2,3	A,B,C
4) To comprehend emergence of history as an academic discipline.	1,2,3	A,B,C
5) To indicate the important occasions in social sciences in 20th century and its relations to the history.	1,2,3	A,B,C

Course Flow

Week	Topics	Study Materials
1	Oghuzs in the period of Gokturks and Uighurs, Oghuzs; Oghuzs tribals, Oghuz Yabgu State	Weekly Reading assignment
2	First Seljuks	Weekly Reading assignment
3	Formaition of Seljuk State and the rising (Tugrul period)	Weekly Reading assignment
4	Alparslan Period	Weekly Reading assignment
5	Melikşah Period	Weekly Reading assignment
6	Berkyaruk Period	Weekly Reading assignment
7	Muhammed Tapar Periodi; Sancar Period; Khorasan Seljuks	Weekly Reading assignment
8	Midterm	Discussion on paper topics
9	Kirman Seljuks	Weekly Reading assignment
10	Iraq Seljuks	Weekly Reading assignment
11	Syria-Palestine Seljuks	Weekly Reading assignment
12	Seljuk State Structure	Weekly Reading assignment
13	Cultural and social structure of Seljuk States	Weekly Reading assignment
14	Review Class	Discussion on paper topics

Recommended Sources

Textbook

Students are given articles to read for each week

Additional Resources

1. Ali Sevim, Erdoğan Merçil, Selçuklu Devletleri Tarihi: Siyaset, Teşkilat ve Kültür, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara, 1995.

2. Ebü'l-Fazl b. Ebi'l-Hayr Reşidüddin Fazlullah-i Hemedani, Oğuz Destanı: Reşideddin Oğuznamesi Tercüme ve Tahlili, 718/1318, trc. Zeki Velidi Togan, Enderun Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1982.

3. Enver Behnan Şapolyo, Selçuklu İmparatorluğu Tarihi, Güven Matbaası, Ankara, 1972.

4. Faruk Sümer, Oğuzlar (Türkmenler) Tarihleri Boy Teşkilatı Destanlar, Ana Yayınları, İstanbul, 1980.

5. İbrahim Kafesoğlu, Selçuklu Tarihi, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1992.

6. Oktay Aslanapa, Türk Sanatı I: Başlangıcından Büyük Selçukluların Sonuna Kadar, c. I, Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Kültür Yayınları, Ankara, 1972.

7. Sergey Grigoreviç Agacanov, Oğuzlar, çev. Ekber N. Necef, Ahmet Annaberdiyev, Selenge Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002.

8. Erdoğan Merçil, Kirman Selçukluları, Ankara, 1989.

9. A. Sevim, Suriye ve Filistin Selçukluları Tarihi, Ankara, 1983.

10. O. Turan, Selçuklular Tarihi ve Türk-İslam Medeniyeti, Ötüken, İstanbul, 2003.

11. G. M. Kurpalidis, Büyük Selçuklu Devletinin İdari Sosyal ve Ekonomik Tarihi, Ötüken, İstanbul, 2007.

12. Sergey Grigoreviç Agacanov, Selçuklular, Ötüken, İstanbul, 2006.

Course’s Contribution to Program

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to read Ottoman texts					X
2	To know Ottoman grammar structure					X
3	Arabic and Persian grammar effects to Ottoman grammar			X
4	Reading Ottoman printed materials			X
5	To read late Ottoman press			X
6	Understanding Ottoman complex texts					X
7	Developing research technics while learning Ottoman			X
8	Ottoman texts as research materials				X
9	Learning more about late Ottoman social life		X
10	Work of institutions and Daily life reflection to press		X

ECTS

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 14x Total course hours)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Mid-terms	1	3	3
Paper	5	7	35
Final examination	1	3	3
Total Work Load			125
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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