HIST257

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History of the Modern Middle East

History College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

HIST

Course Number

257

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMRE: Major-Religion Elective, GLC: GenEd-Global Challenges, MREL: Major-Religion, ENMI: Minor-Middle East Stu Elective, ENRE: Minor-Religion Elective, NMID: Minor-Middle East Studies, NREL: Minor-Religion

Course Short Title

Hist. of the Mod. Middle East

Course Long Title

History of the Modern Middle East

Course Description

A survey of Middle East history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics may include the decline of Ottoman power and the Tanzimat reforms, the Eastern Question and European rivalry in the Mediterranean, the rise of nationalism in the region, the impact of the First and Second World Wars, the establishment of the state of Israel, the struggle for independence in the Arab world, the Arab-Israeli conflict, superpower rivalry in the Middle East during the Cold War, and the conflict between pan-Islamic forces and secular responses to the crisis of modernity. Offering to be determined.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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