TRAMONTANA FELICITA
(syllabus)
The module examines key events in the history of the Middle East such as: Birth and spread of Islam; Shia and Sunnis; Gunpowder Empires; Decline or transformation: the Ottoman empire in the 18th and 19th centuries; Colonialism in the Middle East; The roots of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; Nasser and the Arab nationalism; The Iranian revolution.
(reference books)
A Readings list will be provided in week 1
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