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The Medieval Middle East: Crusaders, Turks, and Mongols (GLOBAL 133, HISTORY 283C, HISTORY 383C)
GLOBAL
233
Instructors
Izzo, J. (PI)
Section Number
1
This course surveys the history of the Middle East from c.950 A.D. to c.1517 A.D., placing particular emphasis on the following questions: What were the social, cultural, and political contexts for conversion to Islam in the Middle Ages? How did the interplay of nomadic and sedentary peoples shape Middle Eastern history? What were the nature of Christian-Muslim relations and the fate of religious minorities in an age of Crusade and Jihad? What were the conditions for the rise, flourishing, and eventual collapse of a "world-system" in this period (with the lands of the Middle East serving as its nexus) Chronological topics include: the arrival in the Middle East of the Seljuk Turks, new adopters of Islam and recent nomads; the western European crusades to the Holy Land and the establishment of so-called "Crusader States" in Syria; the subjugation of Iran to pagan Mongols - and the Mongols' eventual conversion to Islam; the rise to power of a dynasty of Turkish slave-soldiers (mamluks) in Cairo and the political reunification of Syria and Egypt under their rule.
Grading
Letter (ABCD/NP)
Units
4-5
Academic Career
Graduate
Course Tags
Minor Elective
Academic Year
Quarter
Winter
Section Days
Tuesday Thursday
Start Time
10:30 AM
End Time
11:50 AM
Location
240-201