Course Schedule, William J. Hamblin

History 240-1: Middle East, 600-1800; Fall 2004, MWF 1-1:50pm (3718 HBLL)

 

 

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Date

Topic

Reading Assignment

1

W 1 Sep

Introduction, Geography

Powerpoint Maps

Morgan viii-7; Berkey ix-9

2

F 3 Sep

Pre-Islamic Middle East

Kennedy ix-14; Berkey 10-38

Morgan 8-13

 

M 6 Sep

Holiday

 

3

W 8 Sep

Pre-Islamic Arabia

Kennedy 15-29; Berkey 39-53

4

F 10 Sep

Muhammad

Kennedy 29-49

5

M 13 Sep

Qur’an; Islam

Paper Topic Due

Kennedy --; Berkey 57-69

6

W 15 Sep

Rashidun 1

Kennedy 50-69; Morgan 13-18

7

F 17 Sep

Rashidun 2

Kennedy 69-81; Berkey 70-75

 

 

Schedule for History 240 (Revision 1)

 

10

F 24 Sep

Umayyads

Kennedy 82-122; Berkey 76-82

11

M 27 Sep

Islam; Sectarianism

Kennedy --; Berkey 83-101

12

W 29 Sep

Early Abbasids

Kennedy 123-155; Berkey 102-109

13

F 1 Oct

Middle Abbasids

Paper Bibliography Due

Kennedy 156-197; Berkey 113-123

14

M 4 Oct

 

Kennedy 198-209; Berkey 124-129

15

W 6 Oct

Early Islamic Iran

Morgan 19-24

16

F 8 Oct

Buyid Confederation;

Golden Age of Culture

Kennedy 210-247; Berkey 130-140

17

M 11 Oct

Kurds and Hamdanids;

Politics

Kennedy 248-282

18

W 13 Oct

Bedouin Movements;

Economic

Kennedy 283-306; Berkey 141-151

19

F 15 Oct

North Africa

Spain

Kennedy --; Berkey 152-158

20

M 18 Oct

Review for Test

 

 

19-21 Oct

Mid-Term

 

 

 

 

21

W 20 Oct

Fatimids

Kennedy 307-342

22

F 22 Oct

Islamic Spain

 

23

M 25 Oct

Eastern Christians

Introduction to the Middle Period

Berkey 159-188

24

W 27 Oct

Judaism in Medieval Near East

 

25

F 29 Oct

Central Asia; Nomadism

Paper Outline Due

 

26

M 1 Nov

Early Turks

Selchuq (Saljūq) Turks

Morgan 25-50; Kennedy 346-349;

27

W 3 Nov

Medieval Islamic India

Berkey 189-223

28

F 5 Nov

Crusades; Zangids

Holt ix-52;

29

M 8 Nov

Ayyubids

Holt 53-89;

30

W 19 Nov

Mongols; Mongol maps

Morgan 51-82; Holt 90-106

31

F 12 Nov

Mamluks

Holt 107-166, 178-206

32

M 15 Nov

Timurids; Ozbegs

Morgan 83-107

33

W 17 Nov

Safavids

Morgan 107-161

34

F 19 Nov

Mughals of India

Berkey 224-257

35

M 22 Nov

Africa (Late Medieval - Early Modern)

Holt 167-177

36

T 23 Nov

 

 

 

24-26 Nov

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

37

M 29 Nov

Early Islamic Turkey; Gunpowder

Papers Due

Imber 1-86

38

W 1 Dec

Ottoman Empire 1

Imber 87-176

39

F 3 Dec

Ottoman Empire 2

Imber 177-251

40

M 6 Dec

Late Ottomans; Conclusions

Imber 251-317

 

W 8 Dec

Review for Final

Imber 318-325; Berkey 261-269

 

13-17 Dec

Final at the Testing Center