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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| None |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First 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 |
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| 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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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | Critical Thinking: Questioning and expressing abstract thoughts, evaluating opposing views, and gaining the ability to analyze the results achieved with similar criteria. | |||||
| 2 | Communication: Reading, writing, expressing ideas in accordance with the purpose; gaining the ability to use different representation media to convey design thinking. | |||||
| 3 | Research: Comparatively evaluating the information obtained regarding the design process and gaining the ability to document and practice it. | |||||
| 4 | Design: In the process of creative thinking and reproduction of design knowledge; Gaining the ability to achieve new and original results in the context of universal design principles such as sustainability and accessibility. | |||||
| 5 | World Architecture: Understanding world architecture in the context of historical, geographical and global relations. | |||||
| 6 | Vernacular Architecture / Cultural Diversity: Understanding the architectural creations and examples of geography in the context of historical and cultural relations. Understanding the differences in value judgments, behavioral patterns, and social and spatial patterns that define different cultures. | |||||
| 7 | Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Understanding cultural heritage, conservation awareness, environmental awarenes and ethical responsibility, conservation theories and methods. | |||||
| 8 | Sustainability: Gaining the ability to design sustainably by using information about the natural and built environment, using various tools to minimize undesirable environmental impacts on future generations. | |||||
| 9 | Social Responsibility: Understanding the architect's responsibility to protect the public interest, to be respectful of historical/cultural and natural resources, and to improve the quality of life. | |||||
| 10 | Nature and Human: Understanding all aspects of the interaction between natural systems and the design of the built environment and humans. | |||||
| 11 | Geographical Conditions: Understanding the relationships between site selection, settlement and building design taking into account cultural, economic and social characteristics as well as natural features such as soil conditions, topography, vegetation, natural disaster risk, etc. | |||||
| 12 | Safety: Understanding the basic principles of security and emergency systems in natural disasters, fire, etc. at the building and environmental scale. | |||||
| 13 | Structural Systems: Understands the principles of behaviour, development and implementation of static and dynamic structural systems sustained by vertical and lateral forces. | |||||
| 14 | Building Physics and Environmental Systems: Understanding the basic principles of building physics and energy use in design of physical environmental systems such as lighting, acoustics, air conditioning, etc. and the importance of using appropriate performance assessment tools. | |||||
| 15 | Building Facade Systems: Understanding the basic principles, implementation methods and importance of building facade materials and systems design. | |||||
| 16 | Building Service Systems: Understanding the basic principles of design of service systems such as plumbing, electrical, circulation, communication, security and fire protection. | |||||
| 17 | Building Materials and implementations : Understanding the principles and standards related to the production, utilization and implementations, environmental impacts and reusability of building materials in the context of technological developments. | |||||
| 18 | Integration of Building Systems: Evaluating structural, environmental, security, facades, building service systems in design also selecting and integrating them. | |||||
| 19 | Programme Preparation and Evaluation: Preparation of the architectural project programme in accordance with the requirements of the employer and user, appropriate examples, spatial and equipment requirements, financial limitations, site conditions, relevant laws, regulations and design criteria by considering the public interest. | |||||
| 20 | Comprehensive Project Development: Gaining the ability to develop and integrate an architectural project at different scales, by considering environmental and building systems and building technologies. | |||||
| 21 | Consideration of Building Cost: Understanding the basic factors related to the cost of building construction and utilisation. | |||||
| 22 | Architect-Employer Relationship: Determining the needs of the employer, the owner and the user and understanding the responsibility to resolve them in a way that not conflict with the public interest. | |||||
| 23 | Teamwork and Co-operation: Gaining the ability to work in co-operation with project teams and multidisciplinary teams in order to successfully complete design and implementation projects. | |||||
| 24 | Project Management: Understanding architectural project procurement methods, selection of consultants, formation of project teams, project delivery methods, service contracts, etc. | |||||
| 25 | Implementation Management: Understanding the basic principles of architectural implementation process such as financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion, compromise, etc. | |||||
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 | ||