Byzantine History II

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Amaç

Weekly Schedule

1) Domination period of nobility class (1025-1081)
2) The revival of the Byzantine Empire: Aleksios komnenos I
3) Periods of Ioannes Komnenos III and Manuel I
4) Period of Andronikos Komnenos
5) Domination of Latins and the restoration of the Byzantine Empire (1204-1272)
6) The establishment of new states system
7) Epiros' short period of rise and fall. Victory of İznik
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Restoration of the Byzantine Empire as a Great Power
10) Period of Andronikos II
11) Period of civil war and Serbian domination in the Balkans
12) Ottoman activities in the Balkan Peninsula
13) Extinction of the state
14) A general evaluation of the Byzantine cultural life
15) A general evaluation of Byzantine history
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Niketas Khoniates Historia (Ioannes ve Manuel Komnenos Devirleri), Çev: Fikret Işıltan, TTK, Ankara1995
2- Niketas Kkoniates’in Historia’sı (1195-1206) İstanbul’un Haçlılar Tarafından Zaptı ve Yağmalanması, Çev: Işın Demirkent, İstanbul2004
3- G. Ostrogorski, Bizans Devleti Tarihi, çev. Fikret Işıltan, Ankara, 1991

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required