HISTORY OF THE NEAR EAST FROM MUHAMMAD TO CONTEMPORARY AGE
| Official course title | STORIA DEL VICINO ORIENTE DALL'AVVENTO DELL'ISLAM ALL'ETA' CONTEMPORANEA |
| Academic Year | 2011/2012 |
| Course code | LT0370 |
| University credits | 6 |
| Degree level | First Cycle Degree M.D.270 |
| Educational sector code | L-OR/10 |
| Semester/trimester | I Semestre |
| Course year | 3 |
| Where | VENEZIA |
Professor
Degree Programmes and curricula
Contents
Educational Goals
The peoples of Islam from the origin to the Ottomans. The goal of the course is to give a general survey on the history of Islamic countries, stressing the role they had in Mediterranean history.
Requirements
None
Contents
1. Bizantines, Persians and Arabs; 2. Muhammad and his message; 3. The califate and its dynasties; 4. al-Andalus between Moors and Vikings; 5. Islam in Medieval Mediterranean; 6. The Crusades; 7. The Turks, the Mongols and the disgregation of the califate; 8. Medieval Europe meets Islam; 9. Egypt; 10. Maghreb dynasties; 11. The Ottoman Empire and Europe; 12. Venice and the Islamic countries.
Recommended Reading List
1. Ira M. Lapidus, A History of Islamic Societies, part 1, Cambridge CUP 1988
2. Amin Maalouf, The Crusades through Arab Eyes, New York 1985
Assessment
oral
Teaching Methods
Lessons
Teaching Language
Italian. If required, final exam in English or French.
