HINE 129History of the Middle East: The Late Medieval Period, 1000–1500

4 units · HINE · UC San Diego

This class covers the history of the Middle East and the larger Mediterranean world from 1000 to 1500. The class discusses not only dynasties and kingdoms like that of Umayyad Spain, Mamluk Egypt, and Seljuk Iran, but also the impact of the Crusades, the Mongol conquests, and the growing frontier at the edges of the Islamic world. +