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TAR 403 - History of Contemporary World

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · History · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Ali BOLAT
Instructors: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Ali BOLAT

Course Objective

To provide an outline examination of the political, social, cultural and technical events that have developed in the world since the French Revolution and to make sense of today's world. To examine the acceleration of world political life, together with technical and military developments, over the last 200 years, more than in the past thousands of years. To allow students to learn about today's world and the historical depth that makes it, to see the reasons beneath the events.

Course Content

 The french revolution and the spreading ideas, the industrial revolution and the colonial race, the world war and the interim period, the impact of the events of the second world war on the present world are included in the course. It was also a 19th-century British-Russian power struggle in the name of Great Game and Historical analysis of the consequences of ethnic, religious, sectarian-looking regional conflicts and the phenomenon of globalization as a result of the events that turned into a US-USSR power struggle in the 20th century is included in the course.

Required Resources

Nil Türker Tekin – Çağdaş Dünya Tarihi

Recommended Resources

1.             Dawid Fromkin – Barışa Son Veren Barış

2.             Burhanettin Duran, Muhittin Ataman – Dünya Çatışma Bölgeleri

3.             Oral Sander – Siyasi Tarih

4.             Rifat Uçarol – Siyasi Tarih

5.             Fahir Armaoğlu – 20. Yüzyıl Siyasal Tarihi

6.             Ömer Turan -  Medeniyetlerin Çatıştığı Nokta Ortadoğu

7.             K. Kemal Aziz – Hint Hilafet Hareketi

8.             Remzi Yardımcı, İzzet Çıvgın – Çağdaş Dünya Tarihi

Rules

IMPORT, COPY AND ACADEMIC HONESTY:

It's called plagiarism that you present other people's work (for example, by copying test answers, projects, or assignments) as if it were your own. Plagiarism and copying will not be exposed in any way and will be dealt with directly through the relevant channels of the university. If you attempt to cheat or plagiarism an assignment, you will get a "0" and stay with the "FF" from the course. Moreover, this situation will be reported to the university administration; may cause undesirable situations such as suspension and expulsion.

Core Area Distribution

(14) Teacher Training and Education Science%50

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionPresentation

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)1648768
Out of Class Study Period000
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Uygarlık Kavramı
2Uygarlık ve Kültür Kavramları
3Tarih Öncesi Dönemler
4Tarih Dönemleri
5Uygarlığın Temel Taşları
6İlkçağ Uygarlıkları
7Akdeniz Uygarlıkları
8Ara SınavAra Sınav
9Mezotopotamya Uygarlıkları
10Mısır Uygarlığı
11Uzak Doğu Uygarlıkları
12Hint Uygarlığı
13Batı Uygarlığı
14Orta Asya Bozkır Uygarlıkları
15Uygarlık Tarihinde Önemli Gelişmeler ve Olaylar
16Final SınavıFinal Sınavı