Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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HIST 3371 - Middle East History 1500 to the present
Middle East history from the consolidation of the Gunpowder Empires of the Ottomans and Safavids through the Arab uprisings. Topics include the Turko-Mongolian tradition of state building, the shifting balance of power with Europe, the 19th-century transformation, World War I and the emergence of the contemporary Middle East, colonial rule, nationalist, communist, labor, and Islamist mobilizations, the Israeli-Palestinian-Arab conflict, the Iranian Revolution, authoritarian rule, different modes of economic development, various wars, US policy, and the Arab uprisings.
Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to discuss major historical themes and time periods in Middle Eastern history, and basic, general trends in Middle Eastern historiography.
- Students will be able to identify geographical, historical, and contemporary features of maps of the Middle East.
- Students will be able to explain how Middle Eastern political, economic, and social/cultural systems changed over time.
- Students will be able to identify different Middle Eastern cultural groups and their historical developments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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