History of the Islamic Middle East: 1200-1789
- Carl Forbes Petry - 847/491-7448 - Harris Hall Room 329
- Kresge Centennial Hall 4-365 - MoWeFr 2:00PM - 2:50PM
- This course is the second in a three-term sequence but does not presume familiarity with earlier or later periods. It will begin with an analysis of the Mongol Invasions in the Middle East. Topics to be discussed will include: the related phenomena of governments controlled by foreigners and economic recession; emergence of the military empires: Mamluks in Egypt (1250-1517), Ottomans in Turkey (1290--20th c.), Safavids in Iran (1499-1722); Islamic civilization during the Renaissance period; and the question of cultural and economic stasis to 1789.
- Discussion section: mandatory
Lecture - Class participation: in discussion section, 20%
Exam, final: take-home
Exam, mid-term: in-class - Stephan Dale, The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safarids, and Mughals (Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0582256552);
Jane Hathaway, The Arab Lands Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1800 (Pearson Longman, ISBN 978-0582418998);
F. J. Rosenthal, ed., Ibn Khaldun: The Muqaddima (Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691120546);
William H. McNeill, The Islamic World (University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0226561554); - Attendance at first class is mandatory (applicable to enrolled, waitlisted and all potential students).
AREA OF CONCENTRATION: Asia/Middle East - Historical Studies Distro Area
Attendance at 1st class mandatory
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