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HIST228

The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire: 1280-1922
HIST228 SP

Photo Caption and Credits

Next Offered in 9798 SP

A historical survey of Islam's most successful Empire. The Ottoman Empire will serve as a model for pre-modern Islamic states and the role of Islam in its political, social, and economic institutions will be emphasized, as well as Ottoman influences on the formation of modern Europe and the Middle East.

MAJOR READINGS

Bernard Lewis, THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN
TURKEY

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm and final examinations. Two discussion papers of 5 pages.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

This cartoon represents the Russian and Austrian emperors wrestling for territory at the collapse of the Ottoman Empire

Reference:

Nicholls, C.S., POWER: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.


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