Courses:

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 62-129.
• Muwaylihi. A Period of Time. (Finish reading.)

• Trace the origins of the Ottoman Empire and name its significant characteristics.
• Compare and contrast early and 19th century Ottoman reform.
• Compare and contrast world empires and world economies.
• Trace the rise of European monarchies over the Ottoman Empire.
• Define settler colonialism, commercial imperialism, and financial imperialism.
• See handout for Muwaylihi's "Isá ibn Hisham" (in A Period of Time, trans. by Roger Allen).

• Class 2: reaction paper #1 due (Eid al-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice celebrated by Muslims).
• Class 3: sign up for week to lead discussion; decide on book for presentation; secondary instructor's presentation on writing and effective communication.

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 140-145, 169-189.
• Selections from The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics: A Documentary Record, edited by Hurewitz:
  • "Reuter Concession for the Imperial Bank of Persia" (1899)
  • "Concession of Tobacco Regie in Persia" (1890)
  • "Russian-Persian Railroad Agreement" (1890)
  • "The William Knox D'Arcy Oil Concession" (1901)
  • "Great Britain and Persia Agreement" (1919)
  • "The Turkish National Pact" (1920)
  • "Treaty of Friendship: Turkey and Russia" (1921)

• Compare and contrast Iranian and Arab history from the 16th-19th centuries.
• Analyze changes in Iranian Shiism in the post-Safavid era.
• Discuss Iran as a battleground between the British and the Russians.
• Evaluate the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah.
• Analyze political upheaval in Iran between 1905 and 1911.
• Evaluate the role of Reza Khan in bringing down the Qajar dynasty and consolidating his own power.
• Describe conditions in Anatolia following WWI.
• Compare and contrast the Treaty of Sevres and the Treaty of Lausanne.
• Identify Mustafa Kemal and discuss his role in Turkish nationalist opposition.
• Name the six principles that laid the foundation for Ataturk's rule and analyze how they were applied to the new Turkish state.

• Class 2: reaction paper #3 due.

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 190-211.
• Mahfouz. Midaq Alley (all).

• Discuss how Egypt differed from the other post-WWI Middle Eastern mandates.
• Trace Egyptian independence from the 1919 Revolution to the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.
• Identify sources for leadership in Egypt in the post-WWI era.
• Discuss social and intellectual currents in Egypt during the interwar period.
• Trace the creation of the states of Transjordan and Iraq.
• Identify sources for leadership in Transjordan and Iraq.
• See handout for Mahfouz's Midaq Alley

• Class 2: reaction paper #5 due (or Kanafani review due.)

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 265-300.
• Daneshvar. Savushun. (Finish reading.)

• Compare and contrast Turkey and Iran from the post-WWII era to 1970s.
• Trace the social and economic origins of the Egyptian Revolution.
• Discuss Nasser's consolidation of power.
• Name the goals of the Egyptian revolution and identify their internal contradictions.
• Discuss US foreign policy objectives in the Middle East following WWI and identify the role which Eisenhower and Dulles hoped Nasser would play.
• See handout for Daneshvar's Savushun.

• Class 2: reaction paper #7 due.

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 336-358.
• Schulze. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Pp. 33-60; documents 10-15 (pp. 107-112).
• Khalifeh. Wild Thorns. (Finish reading.)

• Discuss the motives of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon following the 1949 cease-fire agreements.
• Discuss the development of political institutions in Israel following statehood.
• Compare and contrast the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the 1950s and the 1960s.
• Trace the origins of the 1967 June War and evaluate the responsibility of all key players.
• Evaluate the repercussions of the 1967 War.
• Identify the War of Attrition.
• Analyze the significance of Black September.
• See handout for Khalifeh's Wild Thorns.
• Trace the origins of the 1973 October War.
• Discuss the Kissinger approach to Middle Eastern diplomacy.
• Evaluate the 1979 Camp David Accords.

• Class 2: reaction paper #9 due.

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 410-435.
• Prepare for presentations.

• Define fundamentalism and identify Western misconceptions regarding it.
• Understand the nature of the Iranian Revolution and its continuing significance for fundamentalist groups.
• Trace the origins of ruling powers in the Gulf countries, and discuss the notion of citizenship there.
• Discuss the creation of the oil industry in the Middle East.
• Relate independence of the Gulf states, fluctuations in the oil market, the arms race in the Middle East, and regional cooperation efforts.
• Describe the extent to which democratization has taken place in the Middle East, and identify the ways in which regimes have stifled the voice(s) of opposition movements.
• Relate the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf War to the larger crises of the region.
• Analyze the economic and political repercussions of the Gulf War.
• Evaluate the fall of the Soviet Union with respect to the stability of the Middle East.

• Class 2: reaction paper #11 due (or Ibrahim review due--last chance for book review #2).
• Class 3: researchers must share papers with the rest of their group.

Conflict or Peace?

• Cleveland. A History... Pp. 483-526.
• Schulze. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Pp. 71-96; documents 19-25 (pp. 115-121).
• Bush roadmap for peace (PDF)
• Binational State Proposal (PDF)
• Iraqi reconstruction (PDF)

• Cover any objectives not covered last week.
• In light of the second intifada and the current "war on terror", evaluate the current prospects for lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

• Questions for final exam determined.
• Class 2: 21st Century Luncheon; you will receive invitations and instructions. (PDF)