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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Bachelor's Degree
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Department / Program
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POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Compulsory
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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1. Through this course my aim is to assist you to gain an historical outlook as a key to understand the contemporary world; that is, how history has shaped us
2. You will be able to see the impact of the major social and political trends in world history that make us similar and different as human being
3. In the meantime, you will improve your research and writing skills by choosing a topic in the world history
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Course Content
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Having lived as hunter and gatherers in small communities for most of their history, around 8.000 BC human beings began to sustain their lives in complex societies. Due to the Neolithic and/or Agricultural Revolution(s), by and large, the human history has turned a tide: people began to establish cities, improved agriculture, proliferate cultural life, invented religious institutions; that is, they began to establish civilization(s). On the other hand, civilization(s) did not only come up with improvements and innovations, it has led to great sufferings for human kind, non-human animals and nature. It is absolutely certain that different means of expressions of nature and existence (culture) have greatly improved and technical means (technology) have nearly endlessly proliferated to produce basic sustenance of human beings. But, after the agricultural revolution, all human history has been marked with different forms of exploitation of surplus production which majority of society produce by small group of minority (class inequalities), gender and racial inequalities, accompanying oppressive state mechanism(s), destructive wars, increasing human destruction of environment etc. Emphasizing on both accomplishments and failures, this course offers you to grasp world history from the Neolithic and/or Agricultural Revolutions up until the dawn of the Industrial Age and European imperialism around mid-18th century.
In this course, rather than talking about some historical facts in a chronological fashion, I will emphasize upon major economic, social political and cultural changes and trends that shape human history. So, during the course please keep in mind that learning history is not about memorizing certain facts and figures; instead, historians are engaged in conceiving and conceptualizing the historical patterns that lead both continuity and change in shaping history. While doing this, I’ll narrate the world history as a global history; that is, rather than explaining civilizations as isolated and separated units, I’ll concentrate on connections, interactions and similarities between civilizations to explore the global dynamics.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Group Discussions 30%
Essay 40%
Active Participation 10%
Individual Quizzes 20%
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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Asist Prof.Dr. MEHMET CELİL ÇELEBİ ozgur.balkilic@agu.edu.tr
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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