ECTS - The History of Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1789)
The History of Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1789) (HUM108) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| The History of Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1789) | HUM108 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Associate (Short Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
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| Course Objectives | To gain a general information to students about the history of the Early Modern Mediterranean within the context of social, economic, political, military and cultural developments; to draw the general framework of the transformation in the Mediterranean World; and to examine the relationship and interaction among different societies, identities and cultures in the region comparatively. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The description of the early modern Mediterranean in general terms from the geographical discoveries to the French Revolution; political, social, historical and economic developments and transformations in the early modern Mediterranean; wars and trade in the axis of Ottoman-Spanish hegemony struggle in the Mediterranean basin. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Where is the Mediterranean, What is its importance? History, space, men and heritage in the Mediterranean. | The Mediterranean in History, p. 11-32. History, Space, Men and Heritage Under the tutelage of Fernand Braudel. |
| 2 | Mediterranean World Until the mid-15th Century: Political, Economic, Military and Social Circumstances. | Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha in the Spanish and Ottoman Chronicals, p. 13-35. |
| 3 | The Impact of Geographical Discoveries on Mediterranean. | The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600, p. 11-64. |
| 4 | Developments in Maritime Technology. | Related readings |
| 5 | Economies: Precious Metals, Coins and Prices. | The Mediterranean and the Meditarranean World in the Age of Philip II (Volume II), p. 182-295. |
| 6 | Economies: Trade and Transportation | The Mediterranean and the Meditarranean World in the Age of Philip II (Volume II), p. 445-450. |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | Transition from City-States to Nation-States in the Mediterranean. | The Mediterranean and the Meditarranean World in the Age of Philip II (Volume II), p. 445-450. The Vaning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870), A Geohistorical Approach, p. 45-222. |
| 9 | Empires in the Mediterranean: Ottoman and Spanish Empires | The Mediterranean and the Meditarranean World in the Age of Philip II (Volume II), p. 451-478. |
| 10 | Ottoman- Spanish Relations in the Mediterranean. | Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha in the Spanish and Ottoman Chronicals, p. 37-69. |
| 11 | Ottoman- Spanish Hegemony Struggle, Naval Wars and Piracy in the Mediterranean. | Forgotten Frontiers: A History of the Sixteenth-Century Ibero-African Frontier. |
| 12 | War and Trade in the Mediterranean Under Ottoman Domination. | The Mediterranean in History, p. 219-250. Ottoman Mediterranean, p. 11-28. |
| 13 | Related readings | |
| 14 | Global Mediterranean: Boundaries. | The Mediterranean and the Meditarranean World in the Age of Philip II (Volume I), p. 274-368. |
| 15 | General Overview | |
| 16 | Final Exam | The questions prepared by the course instructor. |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Mediterranean in History, David Abulafia (ed.), Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 2003. |
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| 2. A Companian to Mediterranean History (eds. Peregrine Horden and Sharon Kinoshita). Wiley Blackwell, Chichester 2014. | |
| 3. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Volume I. Fernand Braudel, University of California Press, London 1995. | |
| 4. The Turkish and Spanish Empires in The Sixteenth and Beginning Of The Seventeenth. Leopold Von Ranke, Translated by Walter K. Kelly, Whittaker and Co., London 1843. | |
| 5. The Forgotten Frontiers: A History of the Sixteenth-Century Ibero- African Frontier. Andrew C. Hess, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 1978. | |
| 6. Geography, Technology, and War: Studies in the Maritime History of the Mediterranean, 649-1571. John H. Pryor, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1994. | |
| 7. Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the 16th Century. John Francis Guilmartin (Rev ed.), Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD 2003. | |
| 8. The Captive Sea: Slavery, Communicaton and, and Commerce in Early Modern Spain and Mediterranean. Daniel Hershenzen, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 2018. | |
| 9. The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History. Peregrine Horden annd Nicholas Purcell, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford 2000. | |
| 10. The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, David Abulafia. Oxford University Press, New York 2011. | |
| 11. The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age, 1300-1600. Halil İnalcık, Translated by Norman Itzkowitz and Colin Imber, Praeger Publishers, New York and Washington 1973. | |
| 12. The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe. Daniel Goffman, Cambridge University Press, New York 2002. | |
| 13. Fernand Braudel Yönetiminde Akdeniz: Tarih, Mekân, İnsanlar ve Miras (History, Space, Men and Heritage Under the tutelage of Fernand Braudel), 2. Basım, Çevirenler Necati Erkurt ve Erkut Derman, Metis Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2008. | |
| Other Sources | 14. Solan Akdeniz: 1550-1870, Coğrafi-Tarihsel Bir Yaklaşım (The Vaning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870), A Geohistorical Approach), Faruk Tabak, Çev. Nurettin Elhüseyni, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2010. |
| 15. Rönesans Avrupası: Türkiye’nin Batı Medeniyetiyle Özdeşleşme Süreci (Renaissance Europe: Identification Process of Turkey with Western Civilization), Halil İnalcık, 5. Basım, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul 2014. | |
| 16. Osmanlı Akdeniz’i (Ottoman Mediterranean), İdris Bostan, 1. Basım, Küre Yayınları, İstanbul 2017. | |
| 17. Coğrafi Keşifler Tarihi (The Age of Discovery, 1400-1600), David Arnold, Çev. Osman Bahadır, Alan Yayıncılık, İstanbul 1995. | |
| 18. İspanyol ve Osman¬lı Kroniklerinde Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa (Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha in the Spanish and Ottoman Chronicals, Hüseyin Güngör Şahin, Ankara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Basılmamış Doktora Tezi. Ankara 2018. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 65 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Total Workload | 100 | ||