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HISTORY OF MIDDLE
EAST CIVILIZATION I HISTORY 251 SUMMER 2009 |
Instructor:
Jean H. Braden, Ph.D. Professor of History Room 252, Bisdorf Building
Telephone:
703-845-6357 |
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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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TEXTBOOKS |
| William Ochsenwald and Sydney Nettleton Fisher, The Middle East, A History, Volume I, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, latest edition, paperback |
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SYLLABUS |
First
Session |
General
Introduction Byzantine
Empire |
Why should Americans study the Middle East? What is the Middle East? Fisher-Ochsenwald, What caused the decline of the two empires? Chapter 1 |
Second Session |
The Arabs and Ancient Empires Al-Hajaz before Muhammad |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, Chapter 2
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Third
Session
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Muhammad the Prophet The Teachings of Muhammad |
Fisher-Ochsenwald,
Chapter 3 |
Fourth
Session |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, |
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Fifth
Session |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, |
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Sixth Session |
The Flowering of the Muslim World under the Early Abbasids
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Fisher-Ochsenwald, Chapter
6-7 |
Seventh
Session
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Muslim Civilization in the Middle East Social Patterns Muslim Theology and Law |
Fisher-Ochsenwald,
First Examination |
Eighth
Session
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Decline of the Abbasid Empire Crusaders and Mongols The Arabs in Spain |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, Chapters 11-12
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Ninth
Session |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, Chapters 13-14 |
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Tenth Session July 9, 2009 Study Guide 11 |
The
Winning of the Ottoman Empire |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, Chapters 15-16, 17 |
Eleventh
Session |
Expansion
of the Ottoman Empire |
Fisher-Ochsenwald, Chapters 16, 17 |
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Twelfth
Session
July 16, 2009 |
Second Examination |
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Field Trips: Islamic Mosque, Washington, D.C., Sunday, |
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Museum Field Trips I Cultural Projects I Videos I Maps I Websites I Bibliography |
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