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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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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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This course is an introduction to the modern history of the region commonly known as the Middle East, from the early-19th-century until the present. The course is designed to be an in-depth "overview" …
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This course explores the most important texts of the Zoroastrian literature of ancient and late antique Iran and serves as a broad introduction to the mythical and ritual world of Zoroastrianism and …
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The Shahnameh, or Book of Kings, is the single most important book in Iranian national culture and one of the great epics of world literature. Composed in Persian by the poet Ferdowsi in the late …
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The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550-323 BCE) ruled communities stretching from Egypt and Greece to Central Asia and the Indus River. Persian rule transformed the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East: …
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