ARC104 Old Anatolian States
This course aims to define the first states that emerged in ancient Anatolia in the light of philological and archaeological documents in terms of political and cultural history. The emergence of city-states is at the beginning of the Second Millennium BC when the social and economic development accomplish, according to the cuneiform texts of Assyrian Trading Colony Period in Anatolia. The course discusses, the nature of the formation of states in Anatolia with references from key sites. The formation, social, political and economic structure of old Anatolian kingdoms are also introduced from the Assyrian Trade Colony Period to the end of the Hittite Period a in this course. This course aims to introduce also new archaeological discoveries and recent studies about states in Anatolia.