History 131 - Middle East History II

Fall
2025
01
4.00
Eric Ross

TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM

UMass Amherst
63562
Melville Room 130
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)

This course is open to students registered for the Middle East History RAP in Thoreau Hall.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.