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HIST221 EARLY OTTOMAN HISTORY
Full Course Title:
Early Ottoman History
Rana osmanska historija
Course Code:
Course Level/BiH cycle:
HIST 221
I cycle; 2nd year
ECTS credit value:
6
Student work-load:
(Table with hours for: Lectures; Exercise; Other; Individual learning)
For the whole semester:
Length:
Faculty/School/Department:
Lectures
Tutorial
Final
Paper
Response
Papers
Individual
learning
TOTAL
45
15
20
10
60
150
Fall 2013
FASS;
Social Sciences Department
Course leader:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Aliye F. Mataracı
Contact details:
Office:
F2.19
e-mail:
[email protected]
Office hours:
Mon, 11:00-12:00
& 14:00 -17:00 &
Thurs, 15:00-17:00
and anytime by
appt.
Phone:
033 957 317
Site:
Lectures: IUS main campus building – F2.15
Host Study Program:
Social and Political Sciences
Course status:
Area Elective for Social and Political Sciences Program;
Elective for other study programs
Pre-requisites:
None
Access restrictions:
I cycle students only
Assessment:
Attendance, written assignments, screenings, exams, final paper.
Date validated:
1 October, 2013
Course aims:
The aims of this course are to:
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Learning outcomes:
•
Introduce the Ottoman Empire as one of the longest-lived polities of world history
•
To trace the historical evolution of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to 1700 in a flexible
chronological framework
•
To concentrate on important issues and discussions concerning the emergence of the
Ottomans, state consolidation, central and provincial administrations, economic, social
and daily life in urban and rural settings in an early modern empire
On successful completion of this course IUS student will be able to:
1.
Discuss the history of the Ottoman Empire through political, ideological, socio-economic
and cultural perspectives
2.
Compare and contrast the Ottoman Empire with the similar polities of its time
3.
Indicative syllabus content:
Participate in and contribute to discussions on important issues related with the evolution
of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to 1700
The Ottoman Empire was one of the longest-lived polities of world history (ca. 1300 - ca. 1922). It
rose in the early fourteenth century as a frontier principality in the outer reaches of western
Anatolia, and in three centuries grew into a world power ruling over a vast area stretching from
Algeria and Central Europe in the west to Iran and the Arabian Peninsula in the east. This course will
trace the historical evolution of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to1700. While giving a historical
background on the political developments within a flexible chronological framework, it aims to
concentrate on important issues and discussions concerning the emergence of the Ottomans, state
consolidation, central and provincial administrations, economic, social and daily life in urban and
rural settings in an early modern empire.
Learning delivery:
This course employs a range of teaching and learning methods such as lecturing, written
assignments, presentations, peer presentation analyses, essays, group discussions, article
presentation/analysis, screenings. Students have two hours for lectures and one hour for
presentations, screenings and class discussions a week. Students are expected to attend the classes
(at least 10 classes), do the reading assignments and participate in class discussions. Students are
also expected to submit two response papers in addition to two sit-in quizzes, one midterm and a
final exam. Consultations with the course instructor during the office hours and by appointment are
encouraged.
Assessment Rationale:
Final exam is given at the end and will cover all the course material and class discussions. In order to
attract the attention of the students into the course during the semester, two quizzes and one
midterm are given and also two written assignments are asked based on screenings. Quizzes and
midterm will be assessed based on the course material covered until the date. These exams will
encourage the students to study harder during the semester time.
Assessment Weighting:
Attendance:
10%
Quizzes:
10% (2x5)
Written Assignments: 10% (2x5)
Essential Reading:
Recommended readings:
Midterm:
30%
Final exam:
40%
İnalcık, Halil. The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600. London: Phoenix, 1997.
Goffman, Daniel. The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2002.
İmber, Colin. The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power. Palgrave Mac
Millan, 2002.
İnalcık, Halil and Donald Quataert. editors. An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman
Empire 1300-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
İnalcık, Halil. The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300-1600. London: Phoenix, 1997.
Kafadar, Cemal. Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State. Berkeley,
California: California University Press, 1996.
Intranet web reference:
Important notes:
Plagiarism policy
This course has a strict plagiarism policy. Students who plagiarize will earn a zero on the
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assignment and may fail the course. Serious cases of intentional plagiarism (copying
passages or entire papers from the Internet) can result in failing the course. For quoting
and paraphrasing other people’s works, please consult the MLA Guide.
Course policies:
Assignments: Each student should complete their assignment in accordance with the due
date. Regarding the assignments, students take help from the lecturer on office hours.
Lateness in Assignments: The due date and time for each homework assignment is
specified on the course sylabbus. Late assignments will not be accepted.
Academic Integrity: Any cheating on examinations or quizzes or offering the work of
another as one's own in an assignment is regarded as a serious offence to the academic
integrity and will lead to a ZERO for the assignment grade, or serious disciplinary actions,
including possible suspension.
Collaboration in Assignments: Students are encouraged to work together to the extent that
it helps promote a productive learning environment for all those involved. However each
student must submit his/her own work. Copied work will earn a ZERO.
Important dates:
Quiz No. 1: 6/11/2013
Written Assignment No. 1: 20/11/2013
Midterm Exam: 27/11/2013
Quiz No. 2: 25/12/2013
Written Assignment No. 2: 11/12/2013
Final exam: Final Exam Period
Quality assurance:
IUS QA office methods, student evaluations, last class debate with students, office hour discussions,
student appeals, e-mails, direct (formal) feedback at the end of the semester by students.
Course schedule:
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Week Lesson /
Date
Topics to be
covered
Class activities
Screenings
1
Introduction to
the course
Introduction to the course, policies
and course material
Documentary:
1&2
Discussion of mutual expectations
and responsibilities
07/10/13
1
3
09/10/13
Multiple and
differing
historical
depictions of
the Ottomans
Written
Readings
Assignments
Learning objectives (After this
lesson, student will be able to:)
1. Understand the content and the
policies of the course
The Ottomans:
Europe’s
Muslim
Emperors
2. Know how to consult the
literature for the course
3. Know the requirements of the
course
Class discussion of the
documentary
1.Discuss their already
established understanding and
perception of the Ottomans
2. Compare and contrast their own
depictions of the Ottomans with
that of the documentary
3. Discuss the multiplicity of
historical depictions
2
4&5&6
No Class
14/10/2013
Eid al-Adha
16/10/2013
3
7&8
Ottoman
History: Topics,
Sources and
21/10/2013 Problems
A general discussion on topics,
sources and problems of the
Ottoman History
Donald Quataert, A
timeline of Ottoman
history, maps and
“Why Study
Ottoman History?,”
in The Ottoman
Empire 1700-1922,
Cambridge
1. Identify the topics in discussion
in the Ottoman History
2. Identify the sources available
for writing history of the
Ottomans
3. Identify the problems under
discussion in Ottoman History
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and New York:
Cambridge
University Press,
2005, pp. 1-12.
3
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4
10 & 11
The Rise of the Lecture
Ottomans – The
28/10/2013
Byzantine
Empire & the
Beyliks
4
12
1. Discuss the significance of the
Ottomans in the world history
2. Discuss the significance of
studying Ottoman History
The significance Class discussion on the
of the Ottomans significance of the Ottomans in the
23/10/2013
in the world
world history
history
30/10/2013
Class discussion based on
Osman’s Dream
*Colin Imber, “Before
the Ottomans” and
“The Ottoman
Emirate: from
triumph
to disaster 13001402”, The Ottoman
Empire, 1300-1650.
The Structure of
Power. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan,
2002, pp. 4-17.
*Caroline Finkel,
“Chapter 1: First
among equals”,
Osman’s Dream:
The History of the
Ottoman Empire,
New York: Basic
Books, 1996, pp. 121.
1. Discuss the historical setting
prior to the rise of the Ottomans
2. Discuss the significance of the
Byzantine Empire and other
Beyliks in Anatolia in the rise of
the Ottomans
3. Discuss the reasons behind the
rise of the Ottomans among the
Beyliks
4. Discuss the significance of
Osman’s Dream for the Ottoman
History
Sheik Edebali’s
1.Discuss the significance of
Osman’s Dream for the Ottoman
History
Advice to Osman
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Ghazi
5
13 & 14
4/11/2013
5
15
6/11/2013
6
16 & 17
The Rise of the
Ottomans in
Modern
Historiography
Cemal Kafadar,
Between Two
Worlds: the
Construction of the
Ottoman State,
Berkeley: University
of California, 1995,
pp. 1-59.
Lecture
1. Identify the differences between
Ottoman History and
Historiography
2.Discuss the significance of
varying historical accounts for
historiography
Ottoman History Quiz No.1
&Historiography
Imperial
Lecture
Consolidation &
11/11/2013
the Imperial
Capital
1. Explain the differences between
the concepts History and
Historiography
2.Identify varying historical
accounts for the rise of the
Ottomans
3. Understand the significance of
the differences in-between the
accounts regarding the Ottoman
History
4. Understand the significance of
the differences in-between the
accounts regarding Modern
Historiography
Screening:
Fetih 1453
*Halil İnalcık . The
Ottoman Empire:
The Classical Age
1300-1600. London:
Phoenix, 1997, pp.
5-52.
* Colin Imber, “The
Ottoman Empire:
Conquest and
Consolidation”, The
Ottoman Empire,
1.Discuss the significance of the
conquest of Constantinople for the
Ottoman and World History
2. Explain the historical
background for and the
motivations behind the conquest
3. Explain the reestablishment of
central control after the conquest
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1300-1650. The
Structure of Power.
New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2002, pp.
27-37.
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Written
Historical
13/11/2013
Account vs.
Visual
7
19 & 20
1. Identify the differences between
written and visual historical texts
2. Compare and contrast written
and visual historical texts.
Class Discussion on Fetih 1453
Feudal State,
Economy and
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Administration
*Colin Imber, The
Ottoman Empire,
1300-1650. The
Structure of Power.
New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2002, pp.
177-206.
1.Identify the structure of power
2. Explain the relationship
between the state, economy and
administration within the Ottoman
Empire
3. Discuss the significance of the
provincial administration
*Halil İnalcık . The
Ottoman Empire:
The Classical Age
1300-1600. London:
Phoenix, 1997, pp.
55-69.
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21
Class Discussion
20/11/2013
8
22 &23
25/11/2013
Written
Assignment
No. 1
National Day of
BiH - Holiday
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Midterm Exam
27/11/2013
9
25 & 26
*Halil İnalcık . The
Ottoman Empire:
The Classical Age
1300-1600. London:
Phoenix, 1997, pp.
70-103.
Halil İnalcık,
“Suleiman the
Lawgiver and
Ottoman Law”,
Archivum
Ottomanicum, no 1,
pp. 105-38.
Ottoman Law
2/12/2013
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Class Discussion
4/12/2013
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24&25
9/12/2013
10
26
11/12/2013
1.Explain the Sultanic Law
(Kânûn)
2. Explain the Religious Law
(Şerȋat)
3. Discuss the Ottoman Law
Screening:
Suleyman The
Magnificient
1.Explain and discuss the sources
for political legitimacy in the
OttomanEmpire
2.Explain the Central
Administration in the Ottoman
Empire
3. Explain the Provincial
Administration
4. Explain the Timar System
Political
Legitimacy in
the Ottoman
Empire
Class Discussion
Written
Assignment
No. 2
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27&28
Everyday Life in
Urban and
16/12/2013
Rural Settings
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Halil İnalcık . The
Ottoman Empire:
The Classical Age
1300-1600. London:
Phoenix, 1997, pp.
121-162.
1.Explain and discuss the
Ottoman urban settings
2. Explain and discuss the
Ottoman rural settings
3. Compare and contrast the life
conditions in urban and rural
settings
Halil İnalcık . The
Ottoman Empire:
The Classical Age
1300-1600. London:
Phoenix, 1997, pp.
163-202.
1.Explain and discuss the religious
and cultural diversity in the
Ottoman Empire
2. Explain the education system
3. Explain and discuss the popular
culture
Karen Barkey, Empire
of Difference, the
Ottomans in
Comparative
Perspective,
Cambridge University
Press, 2008, pp. 119132, 154-178.
1.Explain co-existence of different
ethno-religious communities within
the Ottoman society
2. Explain and discuss the Millet
system
3. Discuss tolerance in the
Ottoman society
Class Discussion
18/12/2013
Religion and
Culture in the
23/12/2013 Ottoman
Empire
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30 & 31
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Quiz No. 2
Quiz No. 2
25/12/2013
13
33&34
“The Social
Organization of
30/12/2013
Dissent” –
Defining the
“Other”s
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35
1/1/2014
New Year Holiday
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14
36&37
6/1/2014
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1.Explain military and fiscal (Mali)
transformation in the Ottoman Empire
between 1600-1700
Economic
Transformation
in the 17th
Century
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2. Discuss the needs and reasons
for economic transformation
3. Compare and contrast before
and after of the economic
transformation
4. Explain the social impact of the
economic transformation on the
Ottoman society
Class Discussion
8/1/2014
15
39&40
13/1/2014
15
41
Social
Transformation
in the 17th
Century
1.Explain and discuss the social
transformation in the Ottoman
th
society during the 17 century
2. Explain the need for and the
reasons behind the social
transformation
3. Explain the relationship
between the economic and social
transformation
Class Review
15/1/2014
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