From Chingiz Khan to 20th Century in Eurasia

«Central Asian Studies World Wide»
Course Syllabi for the Study of Central Eurasia
www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/CASWW_Syllabi.html
Prof. Dr. Nadir Devlet
From Chingiz Khan to 20th Century in Eurasia (HIS 125&126)
Syllabus for the course offered in 2002-03
Yeditepe University
History Department
Prof. Dr. Nadir Devlet
History Department
Yeditepe University
26 Ağustos Yerleşimi Kayışdağı Cad.
Kayışdağı - İstanbul 81120
Turkey
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CASWW - Syllabi
Nadir Devlet, From Chingiz Khan to the 20th Century in Eurasia
YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY
History Department
HIS 125&126
(7 October 2002–17January 2003+19 February 2003-30 May 2003))
Course:
From Chingiz Khan to 20th Century in Eurasia
Instructor:
Prof. Dr. Nadir DEVLET
Grading:
Midterm exam 40%
Paper 20%
Final exam 40%
Attendance: A minimum attendance of 70 % is compulsory.
Syllabus: The aim of the course is to illustrate geopolitical and historical aspects of Central Asia.
To give an idea of main historical changes in the region and to introduce important
historical/political institutions which are now shaping contemporary Central Asia.
Course Content:
1- What is Central Asia, where is it located and who are Central Asians?
2- Nomads and Sedentary World and their relations;
3- Who are Mongols and Chingizids?;
4- Chingiz Khan (his role in reforming of Central Asia);
5- Successors of Chingiz Khan (Kubilai, Chagatai, Möngke and Juji);
6- New Chingizid states (Yuan, Chagatai, Ilkhanids and Golden Horde);
7- Timur and his successors;
8- Central Asian Khanates (Bukhara, Khiva and Khokand;
9- The Changing Situation of Central Asia;
10- The Russian advance into Kazakh steppes and Central Asia;
11- Russian Rule in Central Asia (from 19th century until 1917);
12- First World War and Bolshevik power (extreme changes in political, economical, social
and cultural life);
13- Second World War and Stalinism;
14- Conclusion (What did change in the last centuries?)
Reading material
(English)
Edward A. Allworth, The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to Present, Hoover
Institution Press: Stanford Ca., 1990.
CASWW - Syllabi
Nadir Devlet, From Chingiz Khan to the 20th Century in Eurasia
Nadir Devlet, Empires in Eurasia from Chingiz Khan to 20th Century, Yeditepe University
Publication: Istanbul 2002.
René Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes, Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick 1970.
Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game. The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, 3rd ed., Kodansha
International: New York-Tokyo-London 1994.
Martha Brill Olcot, The Kazaks, 2nd ed., Hoover Institution Press: Stanford Ca., 1995.
(Turkish)
Nadir Devlet , Rusya Türklerinin milli mücadele tarihi. 1905-1917, 2. bsk. Ankara: Türk Tarih
Kurumu, 1999.
Hakan Kırımlı, Kırım Tatarlarında milli kimlik ve milli hareketler: 1905-916, Ankara: Türk
Tarih Kurumu, 1996.
Akdes Nimet Kurat, Rusya tarihi : başlangıcından 1917'ye kadar, 2. bsk. Ankara : Türk Tarih
Kurumu, 1987.
Robert Marshall, Doğudan yükselen güç: Moğollar , çev. Füsun Doruker, İstanbul: Gençlik
Yayınları, 1996.
Jean-Paul Roux, Moğol İmparatorluğu tarihi, çev. Aykut Kazancıgil-Ayşe Bereket, İstanbul :
Kabalcı Yayınevi, 2001.
Wilhelm von Rubruk, Moğolların büyük hanına seyahat 1253-1255, çev. Ergin Ayan, İstanbul :
Ayışığı Kitapları, 2001. 142 s.
Berthold Spuler, İran Moğolları: siyaset, idare ve kültür: İlhanlılar devri, çev.. A. Cemal
Köprülü, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1957.
Abdullah Battal Taymas, Kazan Türkleri : Türk tarihinin hazin yaprakları, 2. bsk. Ankara: Türk
Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü, 1966.
Ahmet Temir, Moğolların gizli tarihine göre Cengiz Han : (Çingiz Han), Ankara : Kültür
Bakanlığı, 1989.
Zeki Velidi Togan, Bugünkü Türkili Türkistan ve yakın tarihi, 2. bsk. İstanbul: Enderun Kitabevi,
1981.
Muzaffer Ürekli, Kırım Hanlığı'nın kuruluşu ve Osmanlı himayesinde yükselişi, Ankara: Türk
Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü, 1989.
CASWW - Syllabi
Nadir Devlet, From Chingiz Khan to the 20th Century in Eurasia
Müstecib Ülküsal, Kırım Türk-Tatarları: (dünü, bugünü, yarını), Ankara: Baha Matbaası, 1980.
Boris Y. Vladimirtsov, Moğolların içtimai teşkilatı: Moğol göçebe feodalizmi, çev.. Abdülkadir
İnan , 2. bsk., Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1987.