This course is for students who have minimal or no prior knowledge of Persian focusing on reading, writing and conversation. Students start by learning how to write and pronounce the sound and …
Archaeology in War Zones: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan
Iranian Modernity
This course explores competing conceptions of Iranian modernity within a comparative historical framework on “multiple modernities.” A major theme is the exploration of the temporality and historicity …
Sacred versus Secular Space: Mesopotamian Architecture in Context
When and where did the first buildings come about? Learn how some 10,000 years ago, the first permanent dwellings were constructed in the ancient Near East. Discover how the agricultural revolution …
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The Ottoman Empire in its Classical Age
A survey of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. From the victory by Selim I the Grim over Safavid Iran and conquest of Syria and Egypt to the resplendent age of Süleyman the Magnificent …
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Islamic History from the Crusades to Slave Sultans
The medieval Islamic world from the decline of the early empire and the fall of Baghdad to the flourishing commonwealth during the lifetime of Ibn Khaldun. This course surveys key developments in …
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