TAR777 - NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE OTTOMAN WORLD TAR777 3rd Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites-
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
 
Instructor (s)Dr. Özlem Sert 
Course objectiveTo investigate the relation of people with the nature in the Ottoman lands.  
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of the course student understands how the people made a living in the Ottoman geography
  2. investigates the Ottoman studies on environment history, historical ecology, climate history.
  3. investigates the history of everyday life.
  4. acquires the comperative history perspective.
  5. learns how to use the historical sources to investigate the relationship between the geography and human beings.
Course ContentA variety of sources, including literary, historical, and socio-anthropological will be read. Readings for each class will attempt to examine the primary sources and the ways they are used in various studies, to investigate how people made a living in the Ottoman lands. 
ReferencesWhite, S. (2011) The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire, Cambridge University Press.
Mikhail, A. (2011) Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History Cambridge University Press.
Zachariadou, E. A., Güven, G. Ç, Öztürk, S. (2001) Osmanlı İmparatorluğu?nda doğal afetler, Tarih Vakfi Yurt Yayınları.
Faroqhi, S. (2010) Animals and People in the Ottoman Empire, Ä°stanbul: Eren.
Faroqhi, S. Neumann, Ch. N. (2003) The Illuminated Table, the Prosperous House: Food and Shelter in Ottoman Material Culture, Ergon in Kommission.
Faroqhi, S.(1998) Osmanlı Kültürü Ve Gündelik Yaşam: Ortaçağdan Yirminci Yüzyıla, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2. Basım.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Geography and human beings, Ecology
Week 2Making a Living
Week 3History of food
Week 4Shelter-architecture
Week 5Heating and energy sources
Week 6Industrial production, sources and the environment
Week 7Transportation
Week 8Climate and empire
Week 9The rythm of rural and urban life
Week 10Sources I- Calenders
Week 11Sources II- Historical literature, travel accounts or other historical texts
Week 12Sources III-Archive material
Week 13Sources IV- Archeology
Week 14Presentations
Week 15Presentations

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments150
Presentation150
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam00
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14684
Presentation / Seminar Preparation16060
Project000
Homework assignment13030
Midterms (Study duration)22040
Final Exam (Study duration) 14444
Total Workload33163300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

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