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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
History of Ancient Egypt TAR306 Elective Bachelor's degree 3 Spring 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Kurtuluş KIYMET

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Giving examples of bibliography about the history of Egypt
2) Recognizing the geography of Egypt
3) Recognizing the chronology of Ancient Egypt history
4) Recognizing the political history of Ancient Egypt
5) Explaining how Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were decoded

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1
Learning Outcomes
1 High
2 No relation
3 Middle
4 No relation
5 No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

History of Civilizations

Course Contents

The cultural and political history of Egypt beginning from the oldest ages till the 1st Millennium B.C. is the subject of this lecture.

Weekly Schedule

1) Intoduction to the Ancient History of Egypt
2) Intoduction to the Ancient History of Egypt
3) Prehistoric Egypt
4) The Early Dynastic Period - OldKingdom - The First Intermediate Period
5) Middle Kingdom - Second Intermediate Kigdom
6) New Kingdom of Egypt
7) Third Intermediate Period - Late Period of Ancient Egypt
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Alexander the Great - Hellenistic and Roman Period of Egypt
10) Religion
11) Literature of Ancient Egypt
12) Egypt Art
13) State Government - Economics - Army - Law
14) Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
15) Revision
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- BREWER, Douglas J. – TEETER, Emily, Mısır ve Mısırlılar, Çev.: Nihal Uzan, Ankara, 2011.
2- YİĞİT, Turgut, Eski Mısır, Ankara, 2019.
3- VAN DE MIEROOP, Marc, Eski Mısır Tarihi, İstanbul, 2019.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

30%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

70%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required