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Hist 4565: Early Islamic History from Late Antiquity to the Ottoman Empire 600S-1500S Ce HIST 4565: EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 600S-1500S CE SPRING 2016 WHEN: 1:30-2:30 PM WHERE: Old Main 121 INSTRUCTOR OFFICE HOURS: TTR 12:00-1:30 PM Danielle Ross [email protected] OFFICE NUMBER: Old Main 323 I IMPORTANT DATES First Day of Class: Monday, January 11 Writing assignment 1 due: Friday, February 5 Writing assignment 2 due: Friday, March 5 Writing Assignment 3 due: Friday, April 5 Writing Assignment 4 due: Friday, April 29 Last Day of Class: Friday, April 29 COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces the students to the early history of the Islamic world, beginning with society in sixth-century Arabia and ending with the conversion of the Mongol Ilkhanate and the Jochid Ulus to Islam, the decline of Mamluk Egypt and the rise of the Ottoman Empire. The seventh to the fourteenth centuries saw the emergence not only of Islam as a new world religion, but as one of the world’s great cultural and discursive traditions. This course will follow the emergence of the scripture, literary styles, architecture, philosophy, and forms of political organization that came to be considered as “Islamic.” It will also follow the transformation of that culture from the rise of the ‘Umayyad and ‘Abbasid caliphates through the Crusades and the Mongol invasions and explore the effects of those events upon what came to be known as the Islamic world. Note: all students are expected to be aware of all information provided in this syllabus. OBJECTIVES At the end of this course, students will: familiarize themselves with the basic cultural and political geography of the Middle East gain a thorough knowledge of the major actors and events of early Islamic history develop their ability to frame historical questions, think about connections among historical events, and view individual events in a regional and global context be able to discuss how environment, technology and culture interact to shape human societies read, analyze and think critically about primary sources, including paintings, architecture, maps, chronicles, poetry, and philosophical texts. strengthen their spoken and written communication skills through two primary-source analyses, and participation in in-class activities COURSE FORMAT All students are required to attend class three times per week. Each class will consist of either a lecture given by the instructor or by an in-class activity based on the assigned reading material. Such activities may include group work, role-playing and student presentations. Students are expected to listen, understand and take notes. Please note: students must complete all assigned readings prior to the class for which they have been assigned. Note: Your instructor cannot provide notes for classes you have missed. It is your responsibility to attend class and to get any notes you may miss from a classmate. REQUIRED TEXTS All readings listed in the syllabus will be available through Canvas. COURSE REQUIREMENTS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION The material presented in class is integral to the course and is not identical to the material in the readings. Therefore, it is in your best interest to attend class regularly and to do the reading consistently. Your participation grade (20% of your overall grade) will be based upon active participation in classroom activities. PAPERS The study of history is not simply the memorization facts and dates, but a process of learning how to approach the past in a critical, analytic manner. The sources an historian chooses to use, his/her methodology and the values of his/her own particular time and place all come together to shape the story that he/she ends up telling. During this semester you will be asked to complete four written assignments: 1. Primary Source analysis: 2 to 3-page paper (typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font). Identify the writer’s purpose in composing a source, the broader historical context of the text’s production, the argument or view presented in the source, the ways in which the source might be useful to writing history, and the limits or problems presented by the source. 2. Primary Source comparison: 3 to 4-page paper (typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font) comparing two primary sources addressing the same topic or event. Discuss how these two source compare and differ in their presentation of the topic, identify factors that might account for these differences, and identify the advantages and problems presented by the divergent views offered in these two sources. 3. Analytical question papers: Two 5 to 7-page papers (typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font). Each of these assignments will require you to bring together two or more of the primary sources we will read this semester to answer a broader question about political organization, values, social hierarchies, cross-cultural encounters or other subject pertaining to ancient, classical or medieval world history. For each assignment, you will be supplied with a list of four or five questions from which to choose. You will be given three weeks to complete your response and will be expected to hand it in at the start of class on the announced due date. All the sources for writing these papers will be available on Canvas. You may not use other sources without prior permission from the instructor. All sources that you use must be clearly cited in your paper. You should use footnotes to document the sources that you use when you use: 1) directly quoted material, 2) passages paraphrased from any text you use, or 3) ideas that are not your own. If you have any questions about the readings, about how to cite your sources, or about the papers in general, please bring them to your instructor. GRADING CRITERIA FOR THE PAPERS Papers in this course will be graded on a scale from A to F. An A paper will present an original, focused, easily understandable argument supported by carefully- selected and well-deployed evidence from the assigned primary sources. It will be communicated in a formal, academic style with minimal typos and grammar errors. A B paper will have an argument, but that argument may be overly vague, simplistic, or not clearly presented. The argument will be supported by evidence, but such evidence may be poorly presented and explained or not always relevant to the argument. Such a paper might include minor spelling and grammar errors. A C paper will lack a clear argument, change arguments between the beginning of the paper and the end, or offer a narrative account in place of an argument. Such a paper may fail to forge a link between the argument and the textual evidence presented to support the argument. Sources of evidence may be poorly documented. Poor organization may make the argument difficult to follow. Grammar and spelling errors may occur with such frequency as to impede the reader’s understanding. A D paper will lack an argument or present the writer’s assertions as arguments. It will make very little use of primary sources. Organization, grammar or spelling may be so poor as to render the paper very difficult to read. An F paper will fail to meet one or more of the basic criteria of the assignment: it may be shorter than the assigned minimum page limit; it may not answer the assigned questions or it may offer an answer that is off-topic; it may make no use of primary sources; it may be turned in later without prior permission from the instructor; it may be a product of plagiarism or other academic dishonesty. ADDITIONAL POLICIES ON ASSIGNMENTS Submission of Assignments All assignments (papers) must be completed and submitted by the announced deadlines. You must complete all assignments. Late Assignments Extensions will be allowed only if they have been arranged ahead of time with your instructor or in cases in which the student has a valid reason for not being able to turn in the assignment on time. (Valid reasons include: doctor appointments, illness or injury requiring medical attention, automobile accidents, or the death of a close relative. Other circumstances may be taken under consideration by the instructor on a case-by-case basis.) If you submit work late without a valid reason, or without previous approval from the instructor, your grade will be reduced by a full letter grade per day late (i.e., a B would become a B-, a B- would become a C). Grading Your grade will be determined as follows: Writing Assignment 1 15% Writing Assignment 2 20% Writing Assignment 3 25% Writing Assignment 4 25% Attendance & Participation 15% Total 100% GRADING SCALE A 92.5 - 100 B- 80 - 82. D+ 67.5 – 69.5 A- 90 - 92 C+ 77.5 – 79.5 D 60 - 67 B+ 87.5 – 89.5 C 72.5 - 77 F 59.5 and below B 82.5 - 87 C- 70 - 72 Note: the instructor reserves the right to consider improvement in determining final grades. CLASSROOM CONDUCT While in the classroom, students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional and respectful manner. This includes arriving on time, staying until the end of class, listening while their instructor or fellow-students are speaking, and not carrying on personal conversations during class time. The use of cell phones is strictly forbidden in the classroom and students are asked to turn their cell phones off before lecture starts. Texting is also forbidden. Laptops, Ipads and other video devices are permitted, but should be used only for activities relating to lecture and discussion (i.e. note-taking, viewing online readings, etc.). Students found to be in habitual violation of these rules will have their grades lowered. RESERVE CLAUSE The instructor reserves the right to make changes in the syllabus when necessary or beneficial to meet the objectives of the course, to compensate for missed classes or schedule changes, or for similar legitimate reasons.
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