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Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
ARK378 - Urartian Archaeology	VI. SEMESTER	2 +0	4.0

Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Course Type	Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s)	PROF. DR. MAHMUT BİLGE BAŞTÜRK
Mode of Delivery	The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
Place of Delivery	On Campus
Used Educational Platforms	Face-to-face
Prerequisites	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended	It is recommended that students who will take this course have previously completed the course on Anatolian Iron Age Civilizations for their success.
Recommended Resources	Çilingiroğlu 1994: A. Çilingiroğlu: Urartu Tarihi, Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları No. 77, Bornova. Köroğlu, K. ve Konyar, E. (Eds.): Urartu. Doğuda Değişim, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul.Salvini 2006: M. Salvini: Urartu Tarihi ve Kültürü, Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, İstanbul.
Work Placement	N/A
Aims of the Course	The aim of the course is to examine the material culture remains of the Urartian Kingdom, which established a powerful empire in the Eastern Anatolia Region during the 1st millennium BCE, within a chronological and geographical framework. Accordingly, the course aims for students to comprehend the socio-economic and religious structure of the kingdom through Urartian architecture, metalwork, ceramic production, written documents, and burial customs.

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1	LO-1	Geography of Eastern Anatolia and Pre-Urartian Cultures	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2	LO-1	Uruatri and Nairi in Assyrian Written Sources: 9th century BC and the early formation of the Urartian State	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 3	LO-1	Establishment of the Urartian Kingdom: İşpuini and Menua Period	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 4	LO-1	Argişti I and Sarduri II	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 5	LO-1	Rusa I and Argişti II	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 6	LO-1	Rusa II Period	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 7	LO-1	Urartian Religion	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 8	LO-1 LO-2	Fall of the Urartian State, Debates on the Last Urartian Kings and post-Urartian Eastern Anatolia	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 9	LO-3	Architecture of Urartu	Lecture Discussion
Week - 10	LO-2 LO-3	Urartian Metalwork	Lecture Discussion
Week - 11	LO-2 LO-3	Urartian Pottery	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 12	LO-2 LO-3	Urartian Written Legacy and Analyzing Methods	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 13	LO-2 LO-3	Discussions on the Urartian Cultural Elements	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 14	LO-2	Legasy of the Urartian Kingdom	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion

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