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Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-26 | History, as HIST-19
Monica M. Ringer (Section 01)
(Offered as HIST 19 [MEP] and ASLC 26 [WA].) This course surveys the history of the Middle East from the outset of the Islamic period to the beginning of the modern period. It is divided into the following segments: the formative period of Islam, the classical caliphates, the classical courts, the Mongols, and the great empires of the Ottomans and the Safavids. The course is organized chronologically and follows the making and breaking of empires and political centers; however, the focus of the course is on the intellectual, social, cultural and religious developments in these periods. Two class meetings per week.
Spring semester. Professor Ringer.