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Comprehensive Essay 'MID EAST HISTORY'
Must have thesis, concert evidence, and well structured—including introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.
You will choose ONE question to answer and apply your knowledge drawn from the PDF's given. There will be information from the PDF's to provide a clear thesis statement and support it with specific evidence from readings. Be sure to clearly define all terms you use.
Terms that you should defiantly use/highlighted (Note: that you will not use all of these just ones that apply to the question you choose to do):
Ottoman Janissaries
Hadith
Mu’awiyah
Shi’a and Sunni Islam
The Abbasid Empire
Khadija
The Battle of Siffin 657
Sir John Chardin
The Abbasids, 750-1258
Ijtihad
The tradition of gaza
Süleyman the Magnificent
Aisha and the Battle of the Camel
The ulama
Abu-Bakr
Dhimmis
Jizyah The Rashidun
Sufism
The Hatt-I Sharif of Gulhane
Hurrem Sultan
Ali-Muhammad
The Millet system
Namik Kemal
The Dinshaway incident of June 1906
Seyahataname
The nizam-i jedid (the new order)
The Balta Liman Treaty
The Treaty of London of 1841
Namik Kemal
The Tanzimat
The Isahat Fermani
Mustafa Kamil (1874– 1908)
The Tobacco Protest of 1891
The Cromer Years, 1883–1907
Rifa‘a al-Tahtawi (1801–1873)
The Qajars
The d’Arcy Oil Concession Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1839–1897)
The Theology of Unity Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905)
Questions to choose from : (choose 1)
1. What has shaped the predominant Western view of the Middle East? To what extent is this view accurate and to what extent is it inaccurate? Please refer to specific readings, lectures, and documentaries covered in the class.
2. How did the status of women change under the Abbasid Empire and the Ottoman Empire? Discuss developments such as the Battle of Camel, veiling and seclusion of women in the Abbasid, the Ottoman imperial harem, and the Ottoman laws (kanuns) regarding women, etc.
3. Explain the factors that lead to the rise and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. As part of your answer please refer to specific traditions practiced within the Ottoman Empire, such as the devshirme system, the millet system, the gaza tradition, etc.
4. How did the ruler of the Safavid Empire, Isma’il come to shape the history of modern Iran? Compare the Safavid rule of Iran to its successor the Qajar dynasty. How did the Great Schism within Islam, particularly Ismail’s conversion to the Twelve Shiism impact the history of Modern Middle East in general and presentday Iran in particular?
5. What factors explain popularity of the Wahhabi, Sanusi, Mahdiyyah movements in the 19th century? What is the legacy of these movements? How did these movements shape regions in which they originated? 6. Who is Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1839–1897) and what is his significance in the formation of modern Middle East?
PDF's
TOPIC: Why and How to study the History of the Modern Middle East?
(Islam, Empire, and Early Modern Society)
1.Sarah Graham-Brown Images of Women: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Sarah%20Graham-Brown%20Images%20of%20Women.pdf
TOPIC: The Islamic Civilization to the 15th century: Islamic Rituals and Institutions from Late Antiquity to the Dawn of the New Age.
2. Gregorian Islam Chapter 1: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Gregorian%20Islam%20Chapter%201.pdf
3. Denise A. Spellberg, “Aisha and the Battle of the Camel”: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Denise%20A.%20Spellberg%20Aisha%20and%20the%20Battle%20of%20the%20Camel.pdf
4. Leila Ahmed Women and Gender in Islam file:///Users/new/Downloads/Leila%20Ahmed%20Women%20and%20Gender%20in%20Islam.pdf
TOPIC: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires: The Rise of the Ottoman and the Safavid Empires, 1501-1736
5. Leslie Peirce, Morality Tales: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Leslie%20Peirce%20Morality%20Tales.pdf
TOPIC: The Ottoman Empire and Egypt: Tanzimat—An Era of Reform and Tanzimat in the Arab Provinces
6. Commercial Convention (Balta Liman): Britain and the Ottoman Empire: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Commercial%20Convention%20(Balta%20Liman)%20Britain%20and%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire.pdf
7. Qasim Amin, “The Liberation of Women and the New Woman” : file:///Users/new/Downloads/Qasim%20Amin%20The%20Liberation%20of%20Women%20and%20the%20New%20Woman.pdf
TOPIC: Egypt and Iran in the late 19th century: The British Occupation of Egypt
8. Cromer: “Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 (1908)” : file:///Users/new/Downloads/The%20Earl%20of%20Cromer%20Why%20Britain%20Acquired%20Egypt%20in%201882,%201908.pdf
9. Khalid Fahmy, “Medicine, Women, Power in the 19th century Egypt”: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Khaled%20Fahmy%20Women%20Medicine%20and%20Power%20in%2019th%20Century%20Egypt.pdf
TOPIC: The Nineteenth Century Transformation: Authoritarian reform and Islamic Puritanism and the Tribal Frontiers
10.Gregorian chapter 2: file:///Users/new/Downloads/Gregorian%20Islam%20Chapter%202.pdf
Course Book:
James Gelvin: The Modern Middle East (Ypu may also reference from this book up to pg 170
https://www.scribd.com/document/272279408/The-Modern-Middle-East-a-History
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