WEEKLY CLASS SCHEDULE
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HIST 313 (Fall 2009) History of Turkic Peoples
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Classrom: ENG Z16
1st WEEK:
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29 Sep. Tuesday: Information on the Course Syllabus, Daily Plan, and Reading Materials.
02 Oct. Thursday: Information on the Course Syllabus, Daily Plan, and Reading Materials.
2nd WEEK: 06 Oct. Tuesday: Video [The Silk Road: Journey into Music South Through the Tian Shan Mountains
08 Oct. Thursday: Working on the Map of Central Eurasia: Terms & Locations
Class-room Activity: Students will mark the names of major regions, cities, seas, lakes, rivers,
mountains, deserts, steppes on a blank map; Video Clips: Kazakhs & Yurt (Tent) construction
3rd WEEK: 13 Oct. Tuesday: What is Pastoral Nomadism in Eurasia?
Reading 01 Barfield: “Chapter 5: The Horse Riders: Nomads of the Eurasian Steppe”
from The Nomadic Alternative (1993) → “F/”
15 Oct. Thursday: Nomadic & Sedentary Societies
Reading 02 Peter Golden, Nomadism and Nomadic Sedentary Societies (1998) → “F/”
Short Documentary Videos: Nomads of Eurasia (Past & Present)
4th WEEK: 20 Oct. Tuesday: Term Paper Topics (Discussions and Selections)
Table 01: “The Chronology of Turkic History”, Turks, vol. 1. → “F/” - “Ref” - “H-1” (Handbook)
Table 02: List of Research Paper Topics
22 Oct. Thursday: Main Themes and Chronology (Prehistory & History)
Reading 03 Findley, “Introduction” The Turks in World History, pp. 3-20 (both Pdf & Word) at “F/”
/electronic copy available at Library catalogue & “H-1” (Handbook)
Reading 04 McCarthy, “Who Are the Turks?”, 4 pages. → “F/” & “H-1” (Handbook)
5th WEEK: 27 Oct. Tuesday: Early Pastoral Nomads of Eurasia: Cimmerians & Scythians
Reading 05 Findley “Pre-Islamic Turks” (pp. 21-28 until sub-section “The Xiongnu”) → “F/”
/electronic copy available at Library catalogue & “H-1” (Handbook)
Reading 06 “Cimmerians and Scythians” → “F/” & “H-1”
Reading 07 “Herodotus on the Scythians” → “F/” & “H-1”
Reading 08 “Behistun Inscriptions on Scythians” → “F/” & “H-1”
29 Oct. Thursday: No Class (Holiday: Anniversary of the Turkish Republic)
6th WEEK:
03 Nov. Tuesday: Hunnic Empire in Asia (I)
Introduction, Sources, and General Overview
Reading 09 Findley, “Pre-Islamic Turks” (sub-section “The Xiongnu” pp. 28-37) → “F/” & “R”
Reading 10 Shih Chi “Chinese Source on Hsiung-nu” Part 1 (p. 1-12) → “F/” & “H-1”
05 Nov. Thursday: Hunnic Empire in Asia (II)
Reading 11 (The Origin of the Hsiung-nu) → “F/” & “H”
Reading 10 Shih Chi “Chinese Source on Hsiung-nu” Part 2 (p. 12-20)→ “F/” & “H-1”
Reading 12 “Whistling Arrows” → “F/” & “H”
7th WEEK: 10 Nov. Tuesday: The Huns in Europe
Reading 13 “The Huns in Europe” → “F/” & “H”
Reading 14 “Latin & Greek Accounts on the Huns” → “F/” & “H-1”
12 Nov. Thursday: First
Mid-Term Exam
The → “F/” after a Reading Material refers to the electronic copy of an article or a book chapter available at the following
location: F:\COURSES\UGRADS\HIST\HIST313\SHARE. Likwise, the “R” indicates the Reserve Desk and “Ref” the
Reference Section of the Koç Library, and “H-1” refers to the HIST313 Handbook, Part 1 at the Copy Center (in Library).
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8th WEEK: 17 Nov. Tuesday: After the Huns in Europe: The Volga Bulgars
Reading 15: Istvan Zimonyi “Bulgars and Ogurs” The Turks, “F/” & “Ref” & “H-2”**
Reading 16: “Bulgars” Wikipedia (Get this Wikipedia article on internet)
19 Nov.Thursday: Asia after the Hunnic Empire: “Rouran” (Avars) & Kok-Turks
Reading 17: “Rouran” Wikipedia (Get this Wikipedia article on internet)
Reading 18: Svat Soucek “The Kök Turks, the Chinese Expansion, and the Arab
Conquest” 13 pages “F/” & “R” & “H-2”
Reading 06: Findley “Pre-Islamic Turks” (Read from page 7 (3rd paragraph starting with “After 119
B.C.E., the Chinese….” Until the end of the page 15) “F/” & “H-2”
9th WEEK: 24 Nov. Tuesday: Kök-Türk Kaghanate (The First Turkic Inscriptions)
Reading 19: “Kültegin Inscription” 8 pages “F/” & “H-2”
Reading 20: Ahmet Taşağıl “Göktürks” The Turks, “F/” & “Ref” & “H-2”
26 Nov. Thursday: No Class (The Religious Holiday of Kurban)
10th WEEK: 01 Dec. Tuesday: After the Huns in Europe: The Khazars
Reading 21: The Khazar Empire, The Turks, “F/”& “Ref” & “H-2”
Reading 22: Khazar-Byzantine Relations, The Turks, “F/”& “Ref” & “H-2”
03 Dec. Thursday: After the Kök-Türks: The Uyghurs
Reading 23: The Uyghur Empire-1 (Kamalov), The Turks, “F/”& “Ref” & “H-2”
Reading 24: The Uyghur Empire-2 (allempires.com), “F/” & “H-2”
11th WEEK: 08 Dec. Tuesday: Religions of the Turks
Reading 25: Zieme “Religions of the Turks in the Pre-Islamic Period” “F/” & “H-2”
Reading 26: Yıldız “The Spread of Islam Among The Turks” “F/” & “H-2”
10 Dec. Thursday: The Karakhanids
Reading 27: To be announced later
12th WEEK: 15 Dec. Tuesday: Seljukids and Ghaznavids
Reading 28: To be announced later
17 Dec. Thursday:
Second Mid-Term Exam
13th WEEK: 22 Dec. Tuesday: Student Presentations I (5 presentations)
Five students & Topics:
24 Dec. Thursday: Student Presentations II (5 presentations)
Five students & Topics:
14th WEEK: 29 Dec. Tuesday: Student Presentations III (5 presentations)
Five students & Topics:
31 Dec. y Thursday: Student Presentations IV (5 presentations)
Five students & Topics:
15th WEEK: 05 Jan.Tuesday: Student Presentations V (6 presentations)
Six students & Topics:
07 Jan. Thursday: Student Presentations VI (5 presentations)
Four students & Topics:
Term Paper Assignments:
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First draft between Dec. 18 and Dec. 28 (Submitting first draft is optional!)
Final paper submission on Jan. 07 (latest by Jan. 10)
Later submissions will be charged with -4 points for each day starting from Jan. 11 on.
“H-2” refers to the HIST313 Handbook, Part 2 at the Copy Center (in Library).
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