HIST573 - History of the Middle East
Course Details
Course Code: HIST573 Course ID: 4665 Credit Hours: 3 Level: Graduate
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 and HIST501)
Course Schedule
| Registration Dates | Course Dates | Session | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/25/19 - 05/01/20 | 05/04/20 - 06/28/20 | Spring 2020 Session I | 8 Week session |
| 01/27/20 - 07/03/20 | 07/06/20 - 08/30/20 | Summer 2020 Session B | 8 Week session |
Current Syllabi
Information is provided in the syllabus when the course begins.
Information is provided in the syllabus when the course begins.
Information is provided in the syllabus when the course begins.
| Book Title: | The Modern Middle East: A Sourcebook for History - eBook available in the APUS Online Library |
| ISBN: | 9780199236312 |
| Publication Info: | Oxford University Press |
| Author: | Amin, Fortna and Frierson |
| Unit Cost: | $109.35 |
| Book Title: | A Concise History of the Middle East, 11th ed. - eBook available in the APUS Online Library |
| ISBN: | 9780813349626 |
| Publication Info: | Westview Press |
| Author: | Goldschmidt, Arthur J and Bourn, Aomar |
| Unit Cost: | $53.40 |
| Book Title: | The Contemporary Middle East, A Westview Reader, 3rd ed. - e-book available in the APUS Online Library |
| ISBN: | 9780813348391 |
| Publication Info: | Westview Press |
| Author: | Yambert |
| Unit Cost: | $46.25 |
Previous Syllabi
Not current for future courses.