History of the Islamic Middle East: 1200-1789

Instructors

• Carl Forbes Petry - 847/491-7448 - Harris Hall Room 329

Meeting Info

• Kresge Centennial Hall 4-365 - MoWeFr 2:00PM - 2:50PM

Overview of class

• 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.

Teaching Method

• Discussion section: mandatory
  Lecture

Evaluation Method

• Class participation: in discussion section, 20%
  Exam, final: take-home
  Exam, mid-term: in-class
  

Class Materials (Required)

• 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);
  

Class Notes

• Attendance at first class is mandatory (applicable to enrolled, waitlisted and all potential students).
  
  AREA OF CONCENTRATION: Asia/Middle East

Class Attributes

• Historical Studies Distro Area
  
  Attendance at 1st class mandatory
  
  

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