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210 Schedule: Fall 2006
SYLLABUS
Week 1
– Week 2 – Week 3
WEEK 4 (This Week)
IHIW Illustrated History of the
Islamic World
HAI Historical atlas of Islam
LA Leo Africanus
CR Online Course Reserve
Week 1
Thursday, 28 September
Lecture 1
Introduction
Friday, 29 September
Section 1
Week 2
Tuesday, 3 October
Lecture 2
Looking at Islam
Readings
:
CR, “The Middle East and the Western Imagination”; HAI, pp. 6-13, 16-17, 24;
IHIW, pp. vii-xxiii, 2-5; LA, “The Year of Salma
al-Hurra” – “The Year of the Amulets,” pp. 5-30.
Thursday, 5 October
Lecture 3
Beginnings: The Prophet Muhammad and the Message
Readings
:
IHIW, “The Rise of Islam”; HAI, pp. 14-15, 26-34; LA, “The Year of Astaghfurullah” – “The Year of the Fall”
Friday, 6 October
Section 2
Week 3
Tuesday, 10 October
Lecture 4
Expansion of Islam
Readings
:
CR Oxford History of Islam Ch. 1; HAI, pp. 36-37,40-41; LA, “The Year of Mihrajan” – “The Year of the Crossing”
Thursday, 12 October
Lecture 5
Islam on the World Stage
Readings
:
IHIW, “The Emergence of the Islamic World System”, pp.32-61; HAI, pp. 40-45,
50-51, 62-69, (suggested reading:56-57); LA, “The Year of the Hostelries” –
“The Year of the Soothsayers”
Friday, 13 October
Section 3
Week 4
Tuesday, 10 October
Lecture 4
Before and After Mongolians
Review: CIHIW pp. 26-27, 36-61; OHI pp. 32-61;
HAI pp. 40-45, 50-51, 62-69.
READ: CIHIW 61-65; HAI 14-15, 34, 36-37; LA
Thursday, 12 October
Lecture 5
Languages and Literatures
Readings : CR (Online), “Arabic Literature,” “Persian
Literature,” “Turkish Literature”; HAI, 20-23, 38-39.
Friday, 13 October
Section 3
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