Medieval Islam: An Age of Revolutions
HIST 34
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
This course covers a millennium of history unfolding between Morocco and Indonesia. You will learn how the rise of one of the largest empires in human history, the Islamic Caliphate, forever changed the face of Afro-Eurasia, and how the societies that emerged out of this historical Big Bang initiated some of the most revolutionary transformations of the medieval period. This is the story of the astonishing achievement of mighty empires, pious mystics, and adventurous merchants, but also of the unsung toil of the common people who made medieval Islamic civilization possible: the peasants, the workers, the women, the enslaved.
Course Notes
This course can meet either the "Pre-1750" or the "Beyond North America" History Concentration requirement, but not both. Former course number "Hist 1134." This course can be used to fulfill the Foundational, History, and Thought & Religion distribution requirements for the undergraduate secondary field in Medieval Studies.
Class Notes
This class requires students to enroll in an untimed, placeholder section during registration and to submit time preferences. Sections will be assigned immediately after registration based on student interest and preferences.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
