The Rise of the Muslim World, 500-1400 (C.E.)

Week 11
(10.29) The Tibetan State and the Nomadic Empires of the Silk Road

Read: The Human Web, 87-88, 94-97, 100-101; Life along the Silk Road, 55-94, 113-136.
Take: Quiz #3

(10.31) The Tibetan State and the Nomadic Empires of the Silk Road

Read: The Human Web, 87-88, 94-97, 100-101; Life along the Silk Road, 55-94, 113-136.
(11.2)  Women in the Societies of the Silk Road***
Read: Life along the Silk Road, 95-112, 138-154; Worlds of History, 154-176.
Week 12
(11.5) The Spread of Islam and the Rise of Christian Societies in Western Europe 

Read: The Human Web, 88-94; Worlds of History, 250-260; and
Muslim Policy for Non-Muslims: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pact-umar.html
Look At: either Map of Islam in West Africa: http://web.archive.org/web/20010620051934/web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/DuBois/Baobab/narratives/islam/WestTrade.html** or
Map of Islam in East Africa: http://web.archive.org/web/20010208122217/web-dubois.fas.harvard.edu/DuBois/Baobab/narratives/islam/EastTrade.html**

Watch: Selection from Documentary on Islam
(11.7) The Spread of Islam and the Rise of Christian Societies in Western Europe*** 

Read: The Human Web, 101-103; Worlds of History, 279-283.

Watch: Selection from Documentary on Islam

(11.9) Christian Responses to Islam's Expansion
Read: The Human Web, 137-139; Worlds of History, 260-278, 375-376, 386-401.

Turn In: Formal Writing #3

Watch: Selection from Documentary on Islam
Week 13
(11.12) Christian Responses to Islam's Expansion

Read: Worlds of History, 337-374.

Watch: Selection from Documentary on Islam
(11.14) Mongols and Europeans Against Islam
Read: The Human Web, 124-127; Worlds of History, 386-425.

Examine (optional):
Picture of Ghengis Khan: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/genghis.jpg**; Picture of Kublai Khan: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/kublai2.jpg**;
Picture of Mongol Archer: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/mongarch.jpg**

Watch: Selection from Documentary on Islam
(11.16) Statehood Day--NO CLASS

Week 14
(11.19) The Turkic Empires of Western Eurasia

Read: The Human Web, 127-137.

Watch: Selection from Documentary on Islam
(11.21) Urban Revivals and Developments***

Read: The Human Web, 139-147; Worlds of History, 422-454.

(11.23) Thanksgiving: No Class.
Week 15
(11.26) Urban Revivals and Developments***

Read: Worlds of History, 455-483.

(11.28) The Sultanate of Dehli (India)

Take: Quiz #4
Turn In: Informal Writing #3, Informal Writing #4

(11.30) Yuan China, Africa, and Europe in the 14th-Century Global System

Read: The Human Web, 97-99, 124-137, 139-147; An Arab View of Africans: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/860jahiz.html

Examine (optional): Mansa Musa's Kingdom (map): http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/images/jpeg/i8_0000m.jpg**

Week 16

(12.3) Yuan China, Africa, and Europe in the 14th-Century Global System
Read: The Human Web, 97-99, 124-137, 139-147.

(12.5) The Southernization Thesis

Read: Worlds of History, 514-527.

(12.7) The Southernization Thesis

Turn In: Formal Writing #4




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