Turning Points in Middle Eastern History

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Genre: eLearning Video / History

Turning Points in Middle Eastern History offers you a penetrating look at the fascinating and thoroughly remarkable past of this storied part of the world. Taught by professorial lecturer and Middle East expert Eamonn Gearon of Johns Hopkins University, these 36 lectures unfurl a breathtaking panorama of history, exploring a 1,300-year window from the rise of the warrior prophet Muhammad to the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. The history you’ll discover here is as dazzling as anything in the Arabian Nights, and is all the more astonishing for being the true story of the Middle East.

Each lecture focuses on a specific historical moment that changed the direction of events or the narrative of history. By investigating these momentous happenings that have most significantly shaped the Middle East and its diverse societies, you’ll gain a deeply informed understanding of how the past informs the present

36 lectures – 30 minutes each, plus a detailed PDF Course Guide included.

Lectures:

Lecture 1 Muslim Empires: Land, Language, Religion

Lecture 2 Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam – 622

Lecture 3 Arab Invasion of North Africa – 639

Lecture 4 Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus – 661

Lecture 5 Battle of Karbala – 680

Lecture 6 Arab Invasion of Andalusia – 71

Lecture 7 Battle of Talas – 751

Lecture 8 The Founding of Baghdad – 762

Lecture 9 Islamic Golden Age Begins – 813

Lecture 10 Qairouan University – 859

Lecture 11 The Fatimids of Cairo – 969

Lecture 12 Umayyad Exile in Cordoba – 784-1031

Lecture 13 Al-Ghazali and Orthodoxy – 1090

Lecture 14 Crusaders Capture Jerusalem – 1099

Lecture 15 Muslims in the Court of Roger II – 1130

Lecture 16 Saladin: Chivalry and Conquest – 1187

Lecture 17 The Egyptian Mamluks – 1250

Lecture 18 Mongols Sack Baghdad – 1258

Lecture 19 Ottoman Empire Rises – 1299

Lecture 20 Mansa Musa, Richest Man – 1324

Lecture 21 Ibn Khalduns Masterpiece – 1377

Lecture 22 Ottomans Seize Constantinople – 1453

Lecture 23 Fall of Granada – 1492

Lecture 24 Safavid Dynasty of Persia – 1501

Lecture 25 Selim the Grim – 1512

Lecture 26 Suleiman the Magnificent – 1520

Lecture 27 Second Siege of Vienna – 1683

Lecture 28 The Saud-Wahhab Pact – 1744

Lecture 29 Napoleon Invades Egypt – 1798

Lecture 30 Murder at the Citadel – 1811

Lecture 31 French Invasion of Algeria – 1830

Lecture 32 East India Company in Yemen – 1839

Lecture 33 Egypt, Europe, and the Suez Canal – 1869

Lecture 34 Discovering Middle East Oil – 1908

Lecture 35 World War I in the Desert – 1914

Lecture 36 The Last Caliphate Falls – 1924

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