Arabia Through the Ages

3 credits · Undergraduate

Environmental, political, social, cultural, and religious history of the Arabian Peninsula. Ancient towns and kingdoms. Bedouins. Spice trade. Pre-Islamic religions; monotheism. Rise of the Wahhabi movement and the development of Salafism. Exploration of remote deserts by European adventurers. Ottoman and British colonialism. Saudi Arabia from its foundation to the oil boom. Globalization. Offered on a graded basis only. [3] (INT)