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141008 VO Political, Intellectual and Cultural History of the Arabic-Islamic Middle East and North Africa (2024W)

from the Rise of Islam to the Ottoman Period

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie

Voraussetzung: STEOP

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Tu 21.01. 13:15-14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 15.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 22.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 29.10. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 05.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 12.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 19.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 26.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 03.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 10.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 17.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 07.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842
  • Tuesday 14.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal d. Inst. f. Orientalistik UniCampus 1F-O1-3842

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the course is to present an overview of the history of the Arabic-Islamic World from Late Antiquity until the Ottoman takeover. Particular attention will be paid to sources based on which this history is reconstructed. The discussed periods are the those of the Prophet Muhammad and the four rightly guided caliphs, the Umayyads, the Abbasids, the Fatimids, the Seljuks, the Mongols and the Mamluks. The regional focus is on the Mediterranean (Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Levant), Mesopotamia, and the Arabian Peninsula. Questions of power and the organisation of the empire, intellectual history, mobility and art are addressed.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam at the end of the semester.
No resources are allowed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The exam consists of 5 questions, four of which are general knowledge question (5 points each) and one question that has to be answered in form of an essay (20 points).

Examination topics

The contents of the course.

Reading list

see above

Association in the course directory

OR-6, EC-SKAR-2

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