Lead Faculty: Dr. Ramin Sarraf
Prerequisite
ENG 100/101
Course Description
This course will be dealing with history and civilization of the modern Middle East (West Asia and North Africa) since about 1600 C.E. The course will investigate the historical roots of the present day events. It will survey the history of the region, pre-modern empires, the European colonization, and the renaissance of the Middle East culture in the 18th and 19th century. The course will move toward the independent states and finally the emergence of Pan-Arabism and Islamist ideologies of the 20th century.