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History 478B / 678B (Modern Middle East)
(scroll down for readings and powerpoint presentations)
Description: This course examines the historical trajectory of what is broadly defined as the modern Middle East from a period dating from the sixteenth century up to recent times. The predominant focus of the course will be on events in the central Arabic-speaking world (meaning Egypt, the Levant, Iraq and Sa`udi Arabia), Turkey and Iran. Over the course of the semester, we seek to better understand how the various states and regions of the Middle East became integrated into a growing global economic and political system that ultimately came to be dominated by Western Europe, and later, the United States. It also seeks to better understand how the indigenous leadership and peoples of the Middle East grappled with the challenges posed by the advent of the modern world system.
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Course Syllabus, Study Guides and Extra Credit Assignment
(Study Guide links will be posted in the week before exams)
History 478B/678B Course Syllabus [PDF]
Midterm Study Guide [PDF] (NOW AVAILABLE!)
Final Exam Study Guide [PDF] (NOW AVAILABLE!)
Extra Credit Assignment [PDF] (NOW AVAILABLE!)
Course Readings by date and format
(.pdf = Adobe Acrobat format document)
** Note #1: The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view readings; if you do not have it installed on your computer, a copy can be downloaded [HERE].
** Note #2: Instructor responses to the reading assignments can be found on the WebCampus "Announcements" tab
** Note #3: Please note that dates given here may be subject to change in class based on circumstances.
1. The Early Modern Ottomans
Due August 30 @ 9:30am
Section 1 Questions/Readings: #1, #2 and #3 [PDF]
2. The Safavid Empire and origins of modern Iran
Section 1 Questions/Readings: #1, #2 and #3 [PDF]
2. The Safavid Empire and origins of modern Iran
Due September 1 @ 9:30am
Section 2
Questions/Readings: #4 and #5 [PDF]
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September 6 -- LABOR DAY HOLIDAY---NO CLASS
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3. The French invasion of Egypt
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September 6 -- LABOR DAY HOLIDAY---NO CLASS
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3. The French invasion of Egypt
Due September 8 @ 9:30am
4. Egypt and Muhammad `Ali
Due September 13 @ 9:30am
5. Early Ottoman attempts at reform
Due September 15 @ 9:30am
6. The Ottoman Tanzimat and its discontents
Due September 20 @ 9:30am
7. Iran in the nineteenth century
Due September 27 @ 9:30am
8. Egypt under British colonialism
Due September 29 @ 9:30am
9. Intellectual ferment in the late nineteenth century
Due October 4 @ 9:30am
10. The Great War and destruction of the old order
Due October 6 @ 9:30am
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October 6 -- OVERFLOW AND REVIEW
(time permitting)
October 11 --
MIDTERM
EXAM DUE (at time of class)
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11.
Authoritarian reform
in Turkey
Section 11 Questions/Readings: #29, #30 and #31 [PDF]
12. Authoritarian reform in Iran under Reza Shah
Due October 20 @ 9:30am
Section 12 Questions/Readings: #32, #33 and #34 [PDF]
13. Egypt during the interwar era
Due October 27 @ 9:30am
Section 13
Questions/Readings: #35, #36 and #37 [PDF]
14. Interwar Syria, Lebanon and Sa`udi Arabia
Due November 3 @ 9:30am
14. Interwar Syria, Lebanon and Sa`udi Arabia
Due November 3 @ 9:30am
Section
14
Questions/Readings: #38, #39 and #40 [PDF]
15. The Palestine Mandate under British rule
Section
15
Questions/Readings: #41, #42 and #43 [PDF]
Maps for Palestine Mandate [PDF]
16. The modern Turkish Republic
Section
16
Questions/Readings: #44 and #45 [PDF]
17. Iran under the Pahlavi monarchy
Section
17
Questions/Readings: #46, #47 and #48 [PDF]
18. Pan-Arabism and the Cold War
Section
18
Questions/Readings: #49, #50 and #51 [PDF]
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19. Israel and the Palestinians since 1948
Section
19
Questions/Readings: #52, #53 and #54 [PDF]
Note: The remaining assignments below have been converted to optional extra-credit, to replace any missed assignments.
20. Instability in Egypt and Lebanon since 1970
Section
20
Questions/Readings: #55, #56 and #57 [PDF]
21. Rival authoritarian regimes in Syria and Iraq
Section
21
Questions/Readings: #58, #59 and #60 [PDF]
22. The Iranian Revolution and its legacy
Section
22
Questions/Readings: #61, #62 and #63 [PDF]
Session notes (powerpoint required)
Introductory Session -- Notes on the Middle East
Lecture 1 --The early modern Ottoman Empire
Lecture 2 -- Safavid collapse in Iran
Lecture 3 -- Factions and French invasion of Egypt
Lecture 4 -- Muhammad `Ali and Egypt to 1850
Lecture 5 -- Early Ottoman attempts at reform to 1838
Lecture 6 -- The Ottoman Tanzimat
Lecture 7 -- Nineteenth-century Iran under the Qajars
Lecture 8 -- Egypt under British colonial rule
Lecture 9 -- Pre-war intellectual and political movements
Lecture 10 -- The Great War and collapse of the old order
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Lecture 11 -- Nation-building in Turkey
Lecture 12 -- Authoritarian reform in Iran
Lecture 13 -- Interwar Egypt and Iraq
Lecture 14 -- Interwar Syria, Lebanon and Sa`udi Arabia
Lecture 15 -- The Palestine Mandate under British rule
Lecture 16 -- The Turkish Republic since 1945
Lecture 17 -- Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah
Lecture 18 -- Pan-Arab politics and `Abd al-Nasir's Egypt
Lecture 19 -- Israel and the Palestinians since 1948
Lecture 20 -- Egypt and Lebanon since 1970
Lecture 21 -- Syria and Iraq under authoritarian rule
Lecture 22 -- The Iranian Revolution and Shi`ite revivalism
15. The Palestine Mandate under British rule
Due November 8 @ 9:30am
Maps for Palestine Mandate [PDF]
16. The modern Turkish Republic
Due November 10 @ 9:30am
17. Iran under the Pahlavi monarchy
Due November 15 @ 9:30am
18. Pan-Arabism and the Cold War
Due November 17 @ 9:30am
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November 22 & 24
-- THANKSGIVING BREAK -- NO CLASS
-----------------19. Israel and the Palestinians since 1948
Due December 1 @ 9:30am
Note: The remaining assignments below have been converted to optional extra-credit, to replace any missed assignments.
20. Instability in Egypt and Lebanon since 1970
Due December 6 @ 9:30am
21. Rival authoritarian regimes in Syria and Iraq
Due December 6 @ 9:30am
22. The Iranian Revolution and its legacy
Due December 6 @ 9:30am
Session notes (powerpoint required)
Introductory Session -- Notes on the Middle East
Lecture 1 --The early modern Ottoman Empire
Lecture 2 -- Safavid collapse in Iran
Lecture 3 -- Factions and French invasion of Egypt
Lecture 4 -- Muhammad `Ali and Egypt to 1850
Lecture 5 -- Early Ottoman attempts at reform to 1838
Lecture 6 -- The Ottoman Tanzimat
Lecture 7 -- Nineteenth-century Iran under the Qajars
Lecture 8 -- Egypt under British colonial rule
Lecture 9 -- Pre-war intellectual and political movements
Lecture 10 -- The Great War and collapse of the old order
* * * * *
Lecture 11 -- Nation-building in Turkey
Lecture 12 -- Authoritarian reform in Iran
Lecture 13 -- Interwar Egypt and Iraq
Lecture 14 -- Interwar Syria, Lebanon and Sa`udi Arabia
Lecture 15 -- The Palestine Mandate under British rule
Lecture 16 -- The Turkish Republic since 1945
Lecture 17 -- Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah
Lecture 18 -- Pan-Arab politics and `Abd al-Nasir's Egypt
Lecture 19 -- Israel and the Palestinians since 1948
Lecture 20 -- Egypt and Lebanon since 1970
Lecture 21 -- Syria and Iraq under authoritarian rule
Lecture 22 -- The Iranian Revolution and Shi`ite revivalism