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History
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History 251 First Page l Semester Syllabus and Study Guides I Summer Syllabus and Study Guides I Semester Requirements I Summer Session Requirements |
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of Middle East Civilization is a two semester survey of the dominant
intellectual, cultural, social, economic, and religious patters in the
civilization of Semitic, Indo-European, and Turkic-speaking peoples of the
Middle East from pre-Islamic to modern times. The first semester includes an examination of the two great empires of the period (Byzantine and Sassanian), Semitic background, pre-Islamic Arabia, the life and teachings of Muhammad, early Muslim conquests, establishment and organization of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates as well as the historic evolution of the |
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Turkic-speaking
peoples from their beginnings in Central Asia through the decline of the
Ottoman Empire.
Students will examine major aspects of Arabian,
Turkish, and Persian cultural history with special emphasis on change
and continuity in terms of Islamization and Westernization. |
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Museum Field Trips I Cultural Projects I Videos I Maps I Websites I Bibliography |
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