This course will provide an understanding of the history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the turn of the 20th century. The course will cover Islam during the Prophet Muhammad’s lifetime, its expansion and consolidation during the period of Arab hegemony, Turkish migration and resulting T...
This course will examine the events and processes that have shaped the modern Middle East. After a brief review of the region's pre-modern history, the focus will be on challenges confronting the various nation-states of the region, such as the impact of economic modernization, the consequences of wa...
This course is an examination of art and architecture of Iran, Central Asia and Turkey in the medieval and early Modern periods. After a short introduction to early Islamic art, we will begin the course in Baghdad of 1258, on the eve of the Mongol invasion. We will then trace the establishment of the...
