Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
GTAR3232016144	HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST	Elective	3	5	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

In this course you will explore the history of the Middle East from its pre-Islamic roots to the present day. Through the course texts and lecture you will encounter a dynamic and diverse region, integral to the development of the rest of the world. As a class, we will examine how religion as well as conceptions of ethnicity, gender, and class have impacted the identity and lived experience of Middle Eastern peoples, and how attitudes to such constructions have changed. While a large portion of the course will center on social and cultural history, we will also consider the political and military developments in the late Ottoman Empire and post-Ottoman Middle East in an effort to understand the contemporary challenges faced by the region. Towards this end, we will investigate interaction and exchange between the Middle East and the West in the colonial and post-colonial world

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	Ortadoğu'yu şekillendiren kişisel, politik, kültürel, ekonomik ve sosyal deneyimleri ve / veya yapıları eleştirel olarak incelemek, yorumlamak ve açıklamak.
2	Nedensel argümanları değerlendirmek ve Ortadoğu ile ilgili iddialar, varsayımlar ve açıklayıcı kanıtları analiz etmek için tarihi metodolojileri kullanarak verileri toplamak ve analiz etmek.
3	Ortadoğu tarihi bağlamında kanıt olarak kullanılan verilerin toplanmasında ve analiz edilmesinde uygun teknolojiyi değerlendirecek ve kullanabilecektir.
4	Ortadoğu'daki bireyler ve gruplar arasındaki farkları tanımak ve analiz etmek; Ortadoğu'daki mevcut ulusal ve / veya uluslararası peyzajlardaki insanlık farklılıklarından kaynaklanan potansiyel yararları ve / veya çatışmaları tanımlamak ve açıklamak.
5	Ortadoğu'nun sosyal, politik ve dini cemaatlerinde çeşitli perspektifleri incelemek ve karşılaştırmak; Ortadoğu gelenekleriyle karşılaştırarak kendi kültürel kalıplarını ayırt edin; Ortadoğu siyasetinde, kültüründe ve toplumunda süreklilik ve değişim çalışması yoluyla geçmiş ile şimdiki arasındaki eleştirel farkları ayırt edin: ve Orta Doğu tarihinin etnik, kültürel ve dini çeşitliliğinde tezahür eden çoklu dünya görüşlerine esnekçe cevap verir.
6	critically examine, interpret, and explain how personal, political, cultural, economic, and social experiences and/or structures shaped the Middle East.
7	gather and analyze data using historical methodologies to evaluate causal arguments and analyze assertions, assumptions, and explanatory evidence related to the Middle East.
8	evaluate and employ appropriate technology in the collection and analysis of data used as evidence in the context of Middle Eastern history.
9	recognize and analyze differences between individuals and groups of people in the Middle East; identify and explain the potential benefits and/or conflicts arising from human differences within the current national and/or international landscapes in the Middle East.
10	examine and compare a variety of perspectives in the social, political, and religious communities of the Middle East; distinguish one’s own cultural patterns through comparison with Middle Eastern traditions; distinguish critically between past and present through the study of continuity and change in Middle Eastern politics, culture, and society; and respond flexibly to the multiple worldviews manifested in the ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity of Middle Eastern history.

Mode of Delivery

Evening Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

This is an introductory course on Middle Eastern history and culture with a considerable emphasis on the impact of religion: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The primary emphasis of the course will be to understand the historical and cultural background of the major problems facing the Middle East today

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction Middle East Geography
2	Orientalism, Clash of Civilizations The Pre-Islamic Middle East
3	Muhammad and His Message The Rashidun Caliphate
4	The Umayyad Caliphate Islamization and Arabization, Life in Damascus
5	The Abbasid Revolution Science and Philosophy, Building Bagdad
6	Internal Fracturing of Empire Slavery in the Abbasid period, the Fatimid’s Cairo The Crusades, The Fall of Bagdad
7	The Rise of Gunpowder Empires The Middle East in the Early Modern Global World
8	Nineteenth Century Colonialism and Reform French Invasion of Egypt, French Colonization of Algeria Reform in the Ottoman Empire
9	Abdulhamid II, The Dönme and Islamic Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire The First World War and the Ottoman Empire
10	The Turkish War of Independence, Population Exchanges Jewish Settlements, The Arab Revolt of 1936
11	The Establishment of Israel (The Second World War and the Middle East, Gamal Abdel Nasser) Egypt, Nasser, and Pan-Arabism
12	Iran, Mossadegh, and the Nationalization of Oil The Causes and Consequences of the Six Day War
13	The PLO, OPEC, and the Yom Kippur War The Rise of Political Islam
14	The Intifada, the Gulf War, and the Oslo Accords The Oslo Accords, Hamas in Palestinian Politics and Life
15	The Emergence of Al-Qaeda The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, The Taliban
16	FİNAL EXAM