Description of the credit module (discipline)
Title of the module (discipline): World history of warfare
The code of the Module (discipline): 032.1_2_4_01
(XXX - specialty code, N_N_NN - line number with discipline record in curricula)
Type of the module (discipline): selective
Forms and methods of study: lectures, seminars, independent student`s work
Terms: 1 semester
Volume of discipline: hours – 150; number of credits ECTS – 5
(all data only full-time study).
Volume of the modules: lectures - 14 hrs., seminars - 14 hrs., independent work of students –
122 hrs .; number of credits ECTS – 5, type of control – exam
Lecturer: Olena Sapitska, PhD in History, an Assistant Professor
Teaching language: Ukrainian
Mode of teachihg: classroom training, distance
Teaching methods: Informationаl. Explanatory. Explanatory-motivate. Motivates
research.
Student’s self-study; followed by the e-learning; distance learning under the guidance of a
teacher; blended learning; systematic training; motivation; jobs creative thinking; basic
terminology; independent analysis; creative discussion; presentation; Web-quests; individual
tasks; on-line resources; Skype; Youtube; social networks, work with historical and militaryhistorical maps.
Author's methods of adaptation of system analysis; theory of inverse order of graphs; an
interdisciplinary approach to the adaptive component of the different sciences.
Methods and criteria for student’s knowledge evaluation and their achievements:
Methods: Sampling survey on individual seminars; frontal testing; control works to improve
the ranking; colloquiums on separate sections of the theoretical course; check lecture notes;
exam; self-control and mutual testing of students' knowledge, defense of term paper.
Evaluation criteria:
"Excellent" - for consistent, deep and meaningful understanding and knowledge of the
essence of the given topic, the free manipulation of the concepts and terminology.
"Good" - competent for the disclosure of the theme, a good command of the terms of
discipline, but the student permit insignificant errors, fully disclosed the content of the work
without the analysis and complexity.
"Satisfactory" - if the student’s knowledge are superficial and students does not fully sets
forth the essence of the given topic, allow a lot of mistakes in presenting the material.
"Disappointing" - exhibited a student who does not know the nature of the issues raised in the
response of educational material admits blunders, not versed in the nature of materials, did not
disclose the content of analytical questions.
Prerequisites and co-requisites (disciplines): History of primitive society; History of the
Ancient East; The history of Greece and Rome; Archeology; Special historical disciplines;
Historical Geography; History of the Great Geographical Discoveries; History of the Middle
Ages; Нistory of Ukraine and Ukrainian culture; Ethnology; History of Asia and Africa; History
of Latin America; History of Western Europe and North America; History of diplomacy; History
of South Pacific (Australia and Oceania).
Results of studies: As a result of studying the module, students will acquire the following
competencies:
To know:
- Main problems of the history of wars and military conflicts and factual chronology of
major events, etc;
- Meaning of the main military terms;
- Basic provisions, principles and trends in world’s and nations military art.
To be able to:
- Fluent in actual educational course material;
- Show the main driving forces of war and military conflict in world history;
- To provide comprehensive and objective description of the state, political and public
figures, historical persons in military history.
The content of the discipline:
Description of the history of war. Basic terms and definitions. Weapons in primitive
society. Cold and firearms. Weapons of mass destruction. Defence equipment and technology.
Military equipment and machinery. The development of military affairs in the Ancient East
(Egypt, Mesopotamia countries. Persia.). The development of military affairs in the Ancient East
(Urartu. India. China.). The development of military affairs in Greece. Slave Greece and its
army. Peloponnesian War. Macedonia, Hellenistic state. Macedonian war with the Persians. The
battle with the giant in 217 BC. Battleship near Cyprus in 306 BC. Rome in the third century BC
- IV century AD. Parthian war. Military peoples who fought with the Roman Empire in 1-2
centuries AD. The period of the fall of the Roman Empire. Eastern Roman Empire V-VI
centuries AD. War of the ERE in 6 century AD. General characteristics of the feudal period.
The Crusades. Empire francs. The fight against the Arabs. Features Old Slavic troops.
Kievska Rus`. Muscovy. Features the art of war the Arab armies. The development of military
affairs in the wars with the Arabs francs. Ottoman Turks. Technological upgrading. The impact
of Discovery on foreign policy in Europe and the development of military art. Olmec, Toltec,
Maya, Inca, fighting Indians with Europeans. Features warfare, military affairs common features
of the peoples of Africa, Australia and Oceania. The fight against the colonialists. Popular
uprisings against the Dutch in Indonesia late 17th-18th century average. English-mayoriyski war
years 1843-1872. The impact of foreign and domestic policies of European countries on the
development of military affairs in the number of European wars. Swedish-Russian war. Seven
Years' War 1756-1763 biennium. Napoleonic Wars. The war for independence in North
America. Civil War in North America. The influence of Eastern philosophy and religion on the
development of martial arts. Types of martial arts. Design features and application oriental
weapons. Background and early course of hostilities. Application of new types of weapons.
Basic lessons. Loss of the participating countries. Background and early course of hostilities.
Application of new types of weapons. Basic lessons. Loss of the participating countries. Local
military conflicts (the middle of XX - beginning of XXI century.). The environmental impact of
wars.
Recommended literature:
1. Mihaylyuk V.P., Sapitska O.M., Myagka G.O., DyakonIhIn A.V. SvItova IstorIya
vIyskovoYi spravi. – Lugansk: Elton-2, 2008. – 450 s.
2. Balashov V. Vsemirnaya istoriya voyn. – M.: AST, 2009. – 464 s.
3. Delbryuk A. Vseobschaya istoriya voennogo iskusstva. – M.: Eksmo, 2008. - 908 s.
4. Keegan J. A History of Warfare. – NY: Vintage Books, 1995. – 433p.
5. The Cambridge History of Warfare / by Geoffrey Parker (ed.), 3-rd edition. –
NY:Cambridge University Press, 2012. – 528 p.