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131-046 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-238/338. Students who have completed 131-238/338 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr A Saeed & Dr R Pennell |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year History, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | The subject is designed to introduce students to the history of the great empires of the Islamic world, west of India. The subject will deal with the period between the rise of Islam in the seventh century and the decline of the Ottomon Empire. The central theme of the subject will be the question of the rise and fall of empires, the role of religion in integrating and disintegrating multi-ethnic states, and the relationship between the Islamic world and the European world, from the intellectual and cultural flowering of Islam, the Crusades, to the period of the economic and political preponderance of Europe. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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