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Last Updated: 29/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
ARK247 - Anatolian Iron Age Civilizations III. SEMESTER 3 +0 5.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Required 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 There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources • AKURGAL, Ekrem (2025). Anadolu Uygarlıkları, Phoenix Yayınevi, Ankara. ISBN: 9786054657902.• ÖZFIRAT, Aynur - DÖNMEZ, Şevket - IŞIKLI, Mehmet - SABA, Mona (2020). Orta ve Doğu Anadolu Geç Demir Çağı: Tarihsel Arkeoloji Çalışmaları I, Ege Yayınları, İstanbul. ISBN: 9786057673183.• SEVİN, Veli (2001). Anadolu'nun Tarihi Coğrafyası I, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara. ISBN: 9789751614216.• GATES, Charles (2015). Antik Kentler: Yakındoğu, Mısır, Yunan ve Roma'da Kentsel Yaşamın Arkeolojisi, (Çev. B. C. Coşkun), Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul. ISBN: 9786055250492.
Work Placement N/A
Aims of the Course The aim of the course is to examine the political, commercial, and cultural interactions established among the Iron Age civilizations in the Mediterranean, Anatolian, Mesopotamian, and Aegean basins. In this regard, the course aims to enable students to understand how these dynamic relationships between the Eastern and Western worlds shaped the socio-economic and artistic structure of the ancient period.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 LO-1 Historical geography of Anatolia in the first millennium BC: Region names, borders, cities Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2 LO-1 LO-2 Military and Trade Roads; Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 3 LO-1 LO-2 The Results of the Dorian and Ionian Migrations: Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 4 LO-1 LO-2 Anatolian Dark Ages Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 5 LO-1 LO-2 Aiolian, Ionian and Dorian Settlements in the Western Anatolia Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 6 LO-1 LO-2 Aiolia, Ionia and Caria Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 7 LO-1 LO-2 The Anatolian Kingdoms of the Iron Age: The Neo-Hittite States Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 8 LO-1 LO-2 The Kingdom of Urartu:Its Political and Social Structure Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 9 LO-1 LO-2 Urartian Art Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 10 LO-1 LO-2 Urartian Architecture Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 11 LO-1 LO-2 The Phygian Kingdom: Its political and Social Structure Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 12 LO-1 LO-2 Phrygian Art Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 13 LO-1 LO-2 The Lydian Kingdom; Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 14 LO-1 LO-2 Persian Hegemony over Anatolia; The Persian State Organisation Lecture Question & Answer Discussion

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Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100

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