Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 College of Liberal Arts 
    
2021-2022 College of Liberal Arts
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HIST 257 - History of the Modern Middle East

4 credits
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. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International



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