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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HST 280 - Middle East History


Focuses on the history of the Middle East from 600 C.E. to the present, encompassing the beginnings of Islam, migration of peoples, and the development and transformation of early and modern Middle Eastern empires, including politics, society, and economy.  The course also looks at the integration of the Middle East in the world economic and political system, the nature and impact of imperialism, at cultural, intellectual, artistic, and political movements, and the position of the Middle East in the world today.  Satisfies the World Cultures General Education requirement.

(Cr: 3)