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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / ARK 257 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Code: ARK 257 Course Title: ANATOLIAN PERSIAN ARCHAEOLOGY I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ARCHAEOLOGY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HANDAN YILDIZHAN (handanyildizhan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) HANDAN YILDIZHAN,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Anatolia lived, From the middle of the 6th century BC onwawar almost 200 years, under the Pesian hagemony. The aim of this course is to explain the reasons and consequences of important historical events such as Persian-Greek relations, Ionian revolution and Great Satrap revolt.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To be able to evaluate the reasons and the historical processes brought about by the Persians and Greeks and discuss the place and position of the Greeks in the Achaemenid Empire. PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-9 Make inner and interdisciplinary team works happen
Examination
LO-2 Can be able to evaluate and discuss the effect of Akhaemenid art on Greek art. PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
Examination
LO-3 can be able to evaluate the iconography on the works of Anatolian Persian works. PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-7 Establish analytical and critical communication with the other parts of the society in a professional way using oral and written means
PO-8 Use at least one foreign language to follow new information in their field and to communicate with their colleagues
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
LO-4 Can be able to identify Persian elements on sculpture, ceramics, architecture and small finds in Anatolia PO-1 Know the basic terms related to Archaeology programme
PO-2 Collect necessary data to solve problems faced
PO-3 Analyse the data, observe, interpret the results of collected data
PO-4 Apply archaeology principles to today’s problems of the world
PO-5 Make connections between theories and methods related to archaeology
PO-18 Act considering the fact that archaeological cultural heritage is the common heritage of mankind.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Troughout the entire archaic period, the Western Anatolian cities managed by the Tyranes began to make themselves felt in every field, with the commercial activities in which they were actively involved. This period is called The Golden Age of the Ionia.As a result of the positive policies of the Lydian kings, the Hellenic cities in Western Anatolia continued their development until the mid-6th century BC.When the Persian king Kyros ended the kingdom of Lydia, Anatolia had been under Persian rule for nearly 200 centuries. It is aimed to examine the political, economic and artistic life in the Archaic and Classical period in the context of the causes and consequences of such important historical events such as Persian-Greek-Anatolian relations, Ionian Revolution, Great Satrap Revolt.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Importance of course description and bibliyography Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
2 In the light of historical and archaeological data, Western Anatolia; The Golden Age of the Greeks Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
3 The reason of The foundation of Akhaemenid Empire and its establishment Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
4 Encounter of East and West; Western Anatolia and Persian policy in the second half of the 6th century BC Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
5 The first revolt of the Greeks; Ionia Improvisation and its preparing reasons Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
6 Results of the Ionian Reconstruction Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
7 Battle of Lade and Marathon Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
8 mid-term exam
9 he expedition on Europe and the solidarity of the Greeks; Salamis, Battle of Plataia, Attica Delos Union Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
10 The period of turmoil; The Battle of Peloponesos Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
11 The arrival and rebellion of the young Kyros in Western Anatolia, the rebellions of Egypt and Cyprus, the great king peace Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
12 Causes and consequences of the big satrap revolt Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
13 Western Anatolia under Persian rule Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
14 The management of the Persian Empire over Western Anatolia; Satraps, Satraps and lower satraps Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
15 The management of the Persian Empire over Western Anatolia; Defense and tax systems Lecture and Visual Presentation (Picture, Drawing, Video, Map, etc.)
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 M.C., Athens and Persia in the fifth century BC, 1997.
2 Wiesehöfer, J., Ancient Persia, 1996.
3 Razmjou, S., Religion and Burial Customs, Forgotten Empire, The World of Ancient Persia, Eds. J. Curtis and N. Tallis, 2006, 150-180.
4 Tuplin C., The Limits of Persianization, Some Reflections on Cultural Links in the Presian Empire, Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean, Ed. E.S. Gruen, 2011, 150-182
5 Boardman, J., Persia and the West, 2000
6 Curtis, J., The Palace, Forgotten Empire, The World of Ancient Persia, Eds. J. Curtis and N. Tallis, 2006, 50-103 Brosius.
7 M., Keeping up with the Persians Between Cultural Identity and Persianization in the Achaemenid Period, Cultural Identity in the Ancient Mediterranean, Ed. E.S. Gruen, 2011, 135-149.
8 Polat, G., War der Persische Satrap Autophradates von Sardeis der ursprüngliche Grabherr des Mausoleum in Belevi?, Epigraphica Anatolica 38, 2005, 57-72.
9 Özgen, İ.- Öztürk, J., Heritage Recovered The Lydian Treasure, 1996.
10 Root, M.C., "The Parthenon Frieze and the Apadana Reliefs at Persepolis: Reassessing a Programmatic Relationship", AJA 89, 1985.
11 Weiskopf, M.N., Achaemenid Systems of Governing in Anatolia, 1995. Tuplin, C., "Persian Garrisons in Xenophon and Other Sources", Ach.His. III, 1988.
12 Anadolu’da Persler, Aktüel Arkeoloji, 2012.
13 P. Biriant, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire, 2002.
14 C. Tuplin, Persia and the Greeks - Tuplin(C.) (ed.) Persian Responses. Political and Cultural Interaction with(in) the Achaemenid Empire.
15 P.Thierry, Satrapes et satrapies dans l'empire achéménide de Cyrus le grand à Xerxès ler. 1990.
Required Course instruments and materials
Projection and computer

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 4 16
       c) Performance Project 4 4 16
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 3 18
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 8 4 32
final exam 1 1 1
0 0
0 0
Total work load; 126