HLS/HIS 261—History of the Middle East--Online Spring Semester 2013 Course Syllabus and General Information Course Description: The History of the Middle East course will explore processes of change and broad continuities in Middle Eastern history‚ demonstrating how change and continuity have influenced the region from the era immediately preceding the Prophet Muhammad to the present day. The course is designed to give students an appreciation of the way that Middle Eastern societies have been
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Homosexuality in Modern Day Middle East Abstract Homosexual marriage is a public concept that should be acknowledged in the Middle East. Yet the idea can’t be acknowledged without a few key phases. The government is one of the main reasons why gay marriage is not permitted in the Middle East. Most Arab people abide by the law‚ and religion‚ and hence do not approve of homosexuality. If the rules and regulations were to change‚ there may be a change in how people view homosexuals. Moreover
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The Geography of the Middle East Essay The Middle East is a large and diverse geographical area located in southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It extends over 2‚000 miles from the Black Sea in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south‚ and about 1‚000 miles from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the mountains of Iran. The term “Middle East” came into common use in the early twentieth century‚ but remains loosely defined. One term sometimes applied to part of this area is “Fertile Crescent‚” which
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meditate. It was in that cave that he met the archangel Gabriel and Gabriel gave Muhammad words to recite. These words gave birth to the religion of Islam. Through trade‚ military‚ and followers Islam quickly spread to an empire that dominated the Middle East and spread across North Africa and Europa. Mecca was important to the Islamic people; it was the center of their faith. Mecca was also the site of Arabia’s holiest pagan shrines the Ka’ba. It was also the center of the caravan trade so millions
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The Middle East Violence in the Middle East must be stopped for the good of humankind. Fighting in recent days has been hazardous and fatal. There are many things that can be done to prevent this violence. A permanent cease-fire must be in effect‚ the international community should get involved and land claims must be worked out. These three things are necessary in order to resolve this situation. A permanent cease-fire would be very important. If a permanent cease-fire was in effect‚ the
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The Middle East‚ Byzantium‚ and East Asia There were many similarities and differences between Byzantium and the Middle East and East Asia. Both regions were based on religions that were founded by prophets‚ but Byzantium and the Middle East had religions that were monotheistic‚ and East Asia did not. They also differed in the fact that the Middle East and Byzantium focused on academic development‚ and East Asia focused on military development‚ but were similar because both developed new ways to
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The Modern Middle East The early modern period: beginning of the 16th century-the first half of the 18th century Three events occurred that would re-define the middle east: 1. Emergence of large-scale‚ long lived empires in the middle east and beyond * The Ottoman Empire was the largest and long-lived ‘ (a) Provides us with a direct link from the early modern period through the modern period (b) Governed territory in the middle east‚ north Africa
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The Middle East Conflict The Middle East has been fighting for years. Throughout history‚ the land has been took‚ passed down‚ broken away and all around undecided about. Even to this day‚ the unresolved problems of the past still remain and will probably carry out into the future. Fights over Religion‚ oil‚ and land ownership often cause chaos and huge problems for those who live and reside in the Middle East. Constant fighting in the Middle East for years is still unresolved and the problems
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Your Stereotypes Since September 11‚ 2001‚ countries in the Middle East have been stereotyped to be terrorists. Personally‚ I don’t believe in any stereotype about the Middle East. The Arabs‚ and Muslims‚ are two types of the people in the Middle East. "Terrorists" might be the most likely responses Americans say about the Middle Eastern people. Besides the belief that the Middle East is all about Arabs and Muslims‚ the Middle East includes non-Arab countries too. Countries that are non-Arab include
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empires. The modern structure that we use to analyze globalization today started to form as trade routes and relations started developing from East to West. Globalization in its modern understanding did not begin to fully develop and mature until the second half of the thirteenth century. In the seventh and eighth centuries Europe‚ China and The Middle East were all rising powers with minimal indirect contact with one another. It was under the spread of Islam and the unification of the region between
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