HISTORY OF THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST FROM MUHAMMAD TO CONTEMPORARY AGE

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DEL VICINO E MEDIO ORIENTE DALL'AVVENTO DELL'ISLAM ALL'ETA' CONTEMPORANEA
Course code
LT2850 (AF:302616 AR:165680)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
L-OR/10
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
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In the framework of the Degree Course in Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa, this teaching is aimed at offering a general overview of the history of the Near and Middle East, from the origin of Islam up today. It will go through the major historical events of the region, devoting particular attention to the most relevant cultural, socio-political and economic aspects, as well as it will enable students to acquire the necessary knowledge and analytical tools in order to better understand contemporaneity.
- Basic knowledge of major facts and dynamics of the history of the Near and Middle East from the emergence of Islam until today.
- Ability to interpret contemporary developments from a historical perspective
- Ability to critically analyze major political, social and economic dynamics of the history of the Near and Middle East
- Ability to report the acquired information in a clearly articulated way.
No prerequisites are required to attend the course.
(i) Pre-Islamic Arabia and the Prophet Muhammad
(ii) The period of the “Rightly Guided Caliphs”
(iii) Omayyad Caliphate
(iv) Abbasid Caliphate
(v) From the Mongol Conquest to the Ottoman Empire (XIII-XVI)
(vi) The Ottoman Empire (XVI-XVIII)

The main phases of the contemporary history of Near and Middle East (1800-2011)
(vii) The age of modernization (1800 - 1920)
(viii) The age of colonialism and of notables (1920 - 1945)
(ix) The age of revolutions in the Arab World (1945 - 1979)
(x) The restructuring of the Arab World (1979 - 2011)
- Mantran R. , L’espansione musulmana dal VII all’XI secolo, Mursia (pp. 55 - 175)
- Lapidus, Storia delle società islamiche, vol. II, 2000 (chapter II. «Le migrazioni turche e l'impero ottomano», chapter III. Il Medio Oriente arabo).
- Guazzone L., Storia contemporanea del mondo arabo, Mondadori, 2016 (pp. 11-88)
- My presentations available on the moodle platform at the beginning of the course.
Questions on the topics covered will be raised at the beginning of each class.
Oral examination
- Power-point presentations
- Case study analysis
- Analysis of primary sources and maps.
- Complementary readings on the covered topics (not compulsory for the exam)
Italian
oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development

Goal 1: no poverty
Goal 2: zero hunger
Goal 5: gender equality
Goal 10: reduced inequalities
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 13/05/2020