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HIST573 - History of the Middle East
This course will explore the Middle East by examining its history, politics, and culture while keeping an eye on the wide variety of individual experience of those living in the Middle East. Included in this process, students will focus on how Middle Eastern peoples have adapted to their physical environment as nomads, city dwellers, empire builders, and developed agriculture. In addition, this course will examine the rise of Islam, the Arabic conquests, early empires and their continuities with the Pre-Islamic past. Recommended Prerequisites: HIST500 Historical Research Methods, and HIST501 Historiography.
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| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session |
|---|---|---|
| 07/30/18 - 01/04/19 | 01/07/19 - 03/03/19 | Winter 2019 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 09/24/18 - 03/01/19 | 03/04/19 - 04/28/19 | Winter 2019 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 11/26/18 - 05/03/19 | 05/06/19 - 06/30/19 | Spring 2019 Session I - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: | The Modern Middle East: A Sourcebook for History | |
| ISBN: | 9780199236312 | |
| Publication Info: | Oxford University Press | |
| Author: | Amin, Fortna and Frierson | |
| Unit Cost: | $109.35 | |
| Electronic ISBN: | N/A | |
| Electronic Unit Cost: | N/A | |
| Book Title: | A Concise History of the Middle East, 11th ed. | |
| ISBN: | 9780813349626 | |
| Publication Info: | Westview Press | |
| Author: | Goldschmidt, Arthur J and Bourn, Aomar | |
| Unit Cost: | $53.40 | |
| Electronic ISBN: | N/A | |
| Electronic Unit Cost: | N/A | |
| Book Title: | The Contemporary Middle East, A Westview Reader, 3rd ed. (Hard copy not available from the APUS Bookstore, please try other sources.) | |
| ISBN: | 9780813348391 | |
| Publication Info: | Westview Press | |
| Author: | Yambert | |
| Unit Cost: | $46.25 | |
| Electronic ISBN: | N/A | |
| Electronic Unit Cost: | N/A | |