Course: History of the Gulf and the Middle East
Course code: LSH 2353
Prerequisite courses: None
Credits: 3 Periods/Week: 4
Summer Term: May 22-June 28, 2016
Welcome to the course History of the Gulf and the Middle East.
My name is Patrick Kane and I am your teacher for LSH-2353To contact me you can:
Send me an email: pkane@hct.ac.ae
Phone me on extension x4266, or visit me at my office in the faculty offices in C Block at SMC, or in Room KG08, SWC; other times by appointment
Our course materials include the following:
1) A pdf e-book reader of primary sources and texts (downloadable)
2) BB9 and One Note reference files with a practice map and other exercises
4) Selected articles from the from the HCT library databases
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of this course you will be able to:
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of this course you will be able to:
· CLO 1- Undertake an introductory survey of the history and culture of ancient and Arab civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf from ca. 3300 BCE to 600 CE
· CLO 2- Compare the rise of Islamic civilization with the formation of later empires from 622 - 1922 CE
· CLO 3- Analyze the modern history of the Gulf and the UAE in the Middle East and world economy from the 16th century to the beginning of the 21st century
· CLO 4- Develop research skills in modern Gulf history and its relation to Arab and world history through the use of local libraries, museums, archives and online databases and resources
· CLO 5- Compose written papers and multimedia presentations with proper citations and use of sources
Assessment
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% Of total course mark
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Due Date
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Weekly Coursework –Each week
students finish or complete a discussion or project in the BB9, a documentary
or reading, or practice quiz. 20 marks each week for a total of 100 marks = 10%
of total grade.
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10%
Based on 100 possible marks
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1-5
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Introduction to
Course; Early History of Arabian
Peninsula and the Arabian Gulf;
Expansion of Islam
Readings: Ibn Ishaq pages from the Sirat Rasul Allah
Weekly Coursework
for 20 marks (see above) Map Quiz on BB9
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Week 1
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History of the Gulf – Rise
of Islam and Major Arab and Muslim Dynasties and Empires; Spread of Islamic and Afro-asiatic economy and societies and rise of the Indian Ocean System; Reading from Ibn Sina’s Memoirs; Reading from Ibn Khaldun
Weekly Coursework
for 20 Marks: Write a 1-2
paragraph review (100-150 words) of
the documentary When the Moors Ruled Europe
or Oleg Grabar’s Tour of the Dome of the Rock and the Masjid al-Aqsa
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Week 2
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Gulf Society 14th to 16th
centuries (1300 – 1500); Indian Ocean
Trade
Ibn Battuta in the Gulf; Readings
from Ibn Majid’s text on the Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas; Reading from Khaldoun al-Naqeeb
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Week 2-3
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The Portuguese Empire,
Dutch Empire, Persian Empire and British Empire rivalry in the Gulf (1500-1750); Excerpts from Khaldoun al-Naqeeb’s history
Weekly Coursework
for 20 Marks: Write 1-2 paragraph
review (100-150 words) of reading on BB9
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Week 3
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First Quiz
on readings and class discussions from
Weeks 1-2 (see above)
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20%
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End Wk 2
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1st
Paper/Presentation on the Early Gulf History or Museum Visit
600-800
words with APA references and at least 2 in-text citations
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20%
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1st
Week 3
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British Empire in the Gulf
1800 – 1900; Ras al-Khaimah and
Qawasim resistance to British presence in the Gulf; comparisons with Oman, Yemen Saudi Arabia; Ottoman-Hejazi War in Arabia (1810-1820)
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Week 3
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Topics in Modern History of
the Middle East: Colonialism, Ottoman
Empire and the Arab Provinces; Imperialism, and the Mandate System; the Arab
Nahda, Arab Nationalism and Independence; Women in Gulf History
Weekly Coursework
for 20 Marks: Write 1-2 paragraph
review (100-150 words) of episode from WWI through Arab Eyes on BB9
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Week 4
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2nd
Quiz on Readings and Class Discussions from Weeks 3-4 9see above)
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20%
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End of Week
4
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Weekly Coursework
for 20 Marks: Draft of
Powerpoint (4-6 slides) or 1-page Word Document of final project (with
2 APA references)
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Week 4
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Topics in Modern Gulf and Middle Eastern History
From World War I, 1948, 1967
and 1973 Wars; Oil Embargo; Rise of the UAE, GCC; The 1st and 2nd
Gulf Wars)
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Weeks 4
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Final Project Oral Presentation (15%) Week
5; Group or Individual Oral or
Multimedia Presentation on an aspect of modern Gulf and Middle Eastern
History – may be an oral interview
or study of local or regional history from 1500 to
present . The oral presentation may be
worth 15% of total grade.
Weekly Coursework for 20 Marks: attend and partake in discussion on topics |
15% or ½ of 30% Final Project
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Week 5-6 see schedule
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Final Quiz
(15%) Week 6
The Final Quiz will be a BB9 essay exam based on class
discussion and course content and will be composed of three questions, two of
which will be take-home questions that you may reflect on ahead of time and
prepare two pages of handwritten notes to bring to class.
LO 1,2,3,4,5
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15% or ½ of 30% Final Project
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Week 6
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TOTAL
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100%
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