HIS 3303 - Islamic Civilization I

Credits: 3 hrs.

This course is the first of a two-part survey of the lands and peoples of Islamic civilization from the rise of Islam to the present. This part focuses on the diverse sources of medieval Islamic civilization from late antiquity to 1500 C.E. Special attention is given to the formation of the earliest Muslim communities, the rise of the first Islamic empires in Western Asia, and the development of complex relations between religion, politics, economy, and culture in many later medieval Muslim societies across Africa, Europe, and Asia.