Type of Credit: Partially Required
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Course Description:
After the Koran was revealed to the prophet Muhammad, starting in 610 AD on the Hira Mountain, Islam spread quickly and today it shapes the lives of diverse communities all over the world. In an attempt to disclose the richness and diversity of Islamic cultures, this course investigates Islam as a culture and its historical development. In order to do this, we will look at the origins and main features of Islam. The expansion of Islamic culture to distant and different lands, under the banners of great Islamic empires in the early modern era, will be discussed. Finally, we will study the transformations in the Islamic cultures with the impact of modernization, and the Western expansion. We will cover the history of Islam with its several manifestations in different and remote corners of the world among people who speak a myriad of languages and who belong to distinct national, ethnic and racial groups. Will focus on different regimes in the caliphate such as Rashidun Caliphate , Umayyad Caliphate and Abbasid Caliphate.
This course introduces students to the history of Islam and basic themes in Muslim societies The class begins with an examination of Islam as a religion, and its ritual, legal, mystical, and philosophical traditions. It assesses the historical impact of Islam and Islamic societies with a focus on
the period after the thirteenth century and considers the spread of Islam and Muslim interactions in comparative perspective. The materials for the course include primary and secondary textual sources.
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Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this class, students will be able to identify major individuals, events, and themes relevant to the history of Islamic civilization develop historical and geographic knowledge about Islam as a belief system as well as cultural and civilizational concept be able to understand the processes of cause and effect in history.
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Weekly Schedule:
The course of the Area Studies-International Relations of the Middle East will be divided into approximately 16-18 weeks, 3 hours per week starting with the life of the Arabs before Islam, then the emergence of the Prophet Muhammad and the spread of the Islam.
Week 1 : Pre-Islamic Arabia-The Arabs., The Arabs Character and Manners, The world and the Arabs before the Emergence of the Islam (Arabia’s Neighbors). The most important religions that were prevalent in the Arabian Peninsula before the emergence of the Islamic call, Middle East birth of religions .(ancient religions- Judaism- Christianity)
Week 2 :The status of Mecca the Holly city , Mecca and the emergence of the Prophet Muhammad, (THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET)
Week 3 : The most important principles of the Islamic Faith(Allâh’s Will: Universal and Legal- The Qu’ran; The Last Scripture From God-Prayer A Principle of Action- MORALITIES)
Week 4 : (The Prophet’s hijra) The establishment of the first Islamic state in Medina
Week 5: ( Battles) The spread of Islam and Islamic invasions in neighboring regions
Week 6 :( The End of the Prophethood) The death of the Prophet Muhammad and the rule of his successors-(The Rightly Guided Caliphs-Abu Bakr-‘Umar-‘Uthman-‘Ali)
Week 7: (Conflict of Succession) The emergence of Islamic sects and sects and the nature of differences between them
Week 8 :The Umayyads ruled the Islamic world from Damascu
Week 9 :(Further Conquests)Islamic expansion in North Africa, East Africa. Southeast Asia, China. India and Europe
Week 10: The nature of Muslim rule over non-Arab peoples- and the administrative divisions in these societies
Week 11 : (INTELLECTUAL GOLDEN AGES )The Nature of Islamic Civilization and its global heritage for Humanity
Week 12 :The establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate, the Abbasids rule the Islamic world from Baghdad east and west
Week 13: (the interaction between Islam and the West) European Islamic Conflict and its Impact on the World
Week 14 :The European Islamic conflict over trade areas and its impact on Islamic and societies
Week 15: The Ottoman Caliphate and the Conquest of Istanbul
Week 16 :The Islamic world today and the most important modern and contemporary transformations((Islamic peoples account for one-fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in
the West of what Islam really)
There will be some electives related to the course, such as watching films like "The Message" and discussing some of the current topics related to the Middle East.
Evaluation:
Midterm.
The Midterm exam is tentatively scheduled for November 6, the exam will cover the details will be announced later.
Final Exam.
The final exam will cover the entire course material and will be multiple choice questions.
Grading:
10% Presentation paper:
is a type of written assignment, which student chooses a topic in Islam History or a subject related the Islam culture.
35% Midterm: Multichoice test
50% Final: Multichoice test
5% Participation+ Attendee.
Readings and Resources:
We will read a few chapters, The main class reader Cambridge Illustrated History of Islamic World consists of articles written by outstanding scholars of Islam.
Required lists:
The main book :
Islam; A Short History , Karen Armstrong, Modern Library, Charonicles Book.New yORK.2002.
Extra Reading Books
F. Robinson (ed.),Cambridge Illustrated History of Islamic World
M. Ruthven et al, Historical Atlas of Islam
R.Stephen Humphrey, Islamic History