Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

2026-2027

138 courses

NMC 101H1Land of the Pharaohs
NMC 102H1Heartland of Ancient Empires
NMC 103H1The Islamic World
NMC 104H1The Biblical World
NMC 105H1Middle Eastern Wars: From Chariots to Drones
NMC 106H1Arab Worlds
NMC 195H1Rebels, Misfits, and Outcasts in Modern Arabic Literature
NMC 196H1Law and Order in the Ancient Near East
NMC 199H1Babylon: Fact vs. Fiction
NMC 201H1Slavery in Islamic History 600-1600
NMC 202H1The Birds and the Deer: Hebrew Poetry from the Bible to Modernity
NMC 230H1Ancient Egypt in Popular Media
NMC 231H1Sexuality in Ancient Egypt
NMC 238H1The Persian Empire: Superpower of the Ancient World
NMC 239H1Women and Gender in the Near and Middle East
NMC 240H1For the Love of the Prophet: Muhammad in the Islamic Tradition
NMC 241H1Anthropology of the Middle East
NMC 243H1The Arabic Novel
NMC 244H1The Arab Spring and Cultural Production
NMC 246H1Sumerian and Babylonian Literature in Translation
NMC 248H1Ancient Bureaucracies
NMC 249H1Health and Healing on the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Medicine
NMC 250H1Pyramids, Temples, and Tombs: An Introduction to Egyptian Art and Architecture
NMC 251H1Voices from Ancient Egypt
NMC 252H1Hebrew Bible
NMC 253H1Egyptian Myths
NMC 254H1The Mummy: Technology and Transformation
NMC 255H1Love, Battle, and Wit: Classics of Premodern Arabic Literature
NMC 256H11001 Nights Around the World
NMC 257H1Vice and Virtue in Biblical Traditions
NMC 258H1The Book of Kings: Persian Myth, History, and Art
NMC 259H1Literature of Ancient and Late Antique Iran
NMC 260H1From Agriculture to Urbanism: The Archaeology of the Pre- and Proto-historic Near East
NMC 262H1Empires and Internationalism: The Archaeology of the Historic Near East
NMC 263H1The Archaeology of Gods, Ghosts, Witches and Demons
NMC 264H1The Archaeology of Stuff
NMC 265H1Archaeology in War Zones: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan
NMC 266H1Archaeologies of Power
NMC 267H1Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
NMC 268H1Data Science Applications in Archaeology
NMC 269H1Ancient Egyptian Science
NMC 270H1Christians of the Middle East
NMC 271H1The Sufi Tradition in Islam
NMC 272H1Hajj and History
NMC 276H1Topics in Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
NMC 277H1Topics in Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
NMC 278H1Modern Middle East: A Historical Introduction
NMC 280H1The Caliphate: Early Islamic History from Ancient Arabia to the Abbasid Empire
NMC 281H1Islamic History from the Crusades to Slave Sultans
NMC 284H1Judaism and Feminism: Legal Issues from Menstruation to Ordination
NMC 289H1Introduction to Coptic Studies
NMC 290H0Field Archaeology 1
NMC 291H0Field Archaeology 2
NMC 292H1The Rise of the City
NMC 299H1Research Opportunity Program
NMC 299Y1Research Opportunity Program
NMC 301H1Religious Revolts, Popular Uprisings, and Internal Conflicts in Islamic History 610-1600 CE
NMC 304H1GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology
NMC 308H1Getting Justice: Women, Slaves, and Religious Minorities in the Courts in the Pre-modern Middle East
NMC 309H1The Plague in the Middle East: 13th-19th Centuries
NMC 315H1The Structure of Arabic Language
NMC 316H1Cultural Encounter in Arabic Narrative
NMC 320H1The Archaeology of Death
NMC 330H1King David: Musician, Monarch, or Murderer?
NMC 331H1Samson: Lover, Liar, lion-slayer
NMC 340H1History of Late Antique & Early Islamic Iran
NMC 341H1Safavid Iran: Reign of the Shahs
NMC 343H1History of Ancient Egypt I: From Farmers to Pyramid Builders
NMC 344H1History of Ancient Egypt II: From Hyksos Subjects to Empire Builders
NMC 345H1Nubian Archaeology
NMC 346H1Ancient Mesopotamia I: Sumerians and Akkadians
NMC 347H1Ancient Mesopotamia II: Assyrians and Babylonians
NMC 348H1Kurdish Studies: A Critical Introduction
NMC 349H1Climate and Collapse in the Ancient Near East
NMC 350H1Christian Literature from the Middle East in Translation
NMC 351H1Dead Sea Scrolls
NMC 352H1Ancient Egyptian Literature
NMC 354H1Science and Literature: Baghdad inherits Athens
NMC 355H1Ottoman Empire: The Age of Reform
NMC 357H1Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Arabic Literature