BVT 512E - Warfare&Technology in History

Course Objectives

This course aims to take up basic warfare and technology issues in the world history within scientific, technological, historical and social contexts in a comparative way.

Course Description

War and Technology (Sources and Methodology), Western Way of War
The Age of Massed Infantry, The Age of Stone Fortifications, The Age of Guns and Sails, The Age of Mechanized Warfare, War, Technology and Ethics, Ottoman Military Conscription Methods, Finance, Logistics and Mobilisation of Army, Ottoman Weapons (Traditional ones and Firearms)
Ottoman Naval Technology, Ottoman Military Engineering, Ottoman Communication Techniques, War and Medicine,