IMPERIAL PLEASURE GARDENS, A WORLD HISTORY

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

Course will examine the design and development of gardens (primarily those of the Islamic world - Al Andalus, the Middle East, Persia, Central and South Asia) and their use as political and religious metaphors, havens for meditation, stages of imperial performance and ritual, sites of social interaction, and affirmations of power and legitimacy. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HIST 320 if student has credit for ASIA 102 .