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ORIE-B316
Questions particulières du monde arabe médiéval II
Course teacher(s)
Jean-Charles DUCENE (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
We see the history of the medieval Middle East in two parts. First part: pre-Islamic Arabia, the biography of Muhammad, the birth of the Muslim state and its political structure, the orthodox caliphs, the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties, the history of Muslim Spain and Maghreb until the 11th century. Second part: the Fatimids, the Seljuks, the impact of the Crusades, the Ayyubids, arrival of the Mongols, the Mamluks; in North Africa, we see the Almoravid and Almohads dynasties.
Teaching methods and learning activities
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Cahen, Cl., L'Islam, des origines au début de l'empire ottoman, Paris, 1985. Guichard, P., Al-Andalus, 711-1492: une histoire de l'Andalousie arabe, Paris, 2001. Kennedy, H., When Baghdad ruled the Muslim World, s.l., 2004
Evaluation
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