History 131 - Middle East History II
Fall
2024
01
4.00
Eric Ross
TU TH 11:30AM 12:45PM
UMass Amherst
36467
Kennedy House room 508
ericross@umass.edu
Survey of social, political and cultural change in the Middle East from the rise of the Ottoman Empire around 1300 to the present. Topics include the impact on the Middle East of the shift in world trade from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; social, political, and cultural change; Ottoman and European relations; imperialism and revolution; World War I and the peace settlement; state formation; and the rise of nationalism and religious fundamentalism. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)
Open to first-year students.