A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DYNAMIC HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST (online)
$70.00
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DYNAMIC HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
15 members maximum in person; 4 members online
Thursdays 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
September 19 – November 28 (10 sessions; no class October 24)
Course Leaders: Jeff Keenor, Paul Webb
Fee: $70
The Middle East has been of central importance since the dawn of history. Everything happened there first: towns, cities, architecture, sculpture, religions, mathematics, astronomy. Battles raged, states and empires rose and fell. We will study the genius, knavery, triumphs, and failures that have shaped the Middle East’s past, present, and future.
Possible Topics: Early Mesopotamian cultures; early empires: Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, Hittites, Egypt; emergence of Israel; Alexander and Hellenization; rise of Islam; the Crusades; trade products and patterns; Ottoman Empire; WWI; Arab & Israeli visions; Iranian revolution.
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