The Medieval Islamic Commercial Revolution
HIST 1934
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Description
Unfolding across Afro-Eurasia, the Medieval Islamic Commercial Revolution (800-1200 CE) wove together a world system of unprecedented reach and strength, as new trade networks extended across land and sea to join the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, North and Sub Saharan Africa, Central and South Asia. We will follow the lives and business activities of the merchants who brought about this historic transformation, using their letters, accounts, books, and material objects to investigate the rise of new trade routes, the development of novel commercial and financial institutions, the forms of labor and investment that undergirded this moment of globalization before globalization.
Course Notes
This course meets either the "Pre-1750" or the "Beyond North America" History Concentration requirement or the seminar requirement, but not more than one.
Class Notes
This course can be used to fulfill the History distribution requirement for the undergraduate secondary field in Medieval Studies. It also can be counted towards the requirements for the graduate secondary field in Medieval Studies.
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