HIS 342 - History of the Middle East to 1920

1 semester, 3 credits- Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity; Writing II

A study of the Middle East before Islam: the rise and fall of the Islamic Empire; the heirs of the Islamic Empire, especially the Ottoman Empire and the Safavids of Iran; and the decline of the Ottoman Empire (including World War I) to 1920. Satisfies non-Western history requirement for major/minor.