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HIST 3396 - Coexistence and Conflict in the Middle East


Credits: 3

Examines the consequences of being a member of a religious or ethnic minority in the pre-modern and modern Middle East. Analyzes how, in different periods and locations, Islamic powers coped with the question of ethno-religious diversity and kept alive an ethics of coexistence. Cases include early Islamic Empires, Muslim Spain, the Abbasid Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire and Iran. Also studies changes brought to the region by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the First World War, including the emergence of ethno-nationalist states like Turkey, Syria, and Israel, and their policies towards their minorities.



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