Turning Points in Middle Eastern History

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Call Number: BOCD 956 Ge Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Compact discs.
Set contains 36 lectures (ca. 30 minutes each) on 6 DVDs.
Muslim empires: land, language, religion -- Muhammad and the dawn of Islam, 622 -- Arab invasion of North Africa, 639 -- Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, 661 -- Battle of Karbala, 680 --Arab invasion of Andalusia, 711 -- Battle of Talas, 751 -- The founding of Baghdad, 762 -- Islamic golden age begins, 813 -- Qairouan University, 859 -- The Fatimids of Cairo, 969 -- Umayyad exile in Cordoba, 784 - 1031.
Al-Ghazali and Orthodoxy, 1090 -- Crusaders capture Jerusalem, 1099 -- Muslims in the court of Roger II, 1130 -- Saladin: chivalry and conquest, 1187 -- The Egyptian Mamluks, 1250 -- Mongols sack Baghdad, 1258 -- Ottoman empire rises, 1299 -- Mansa Musa, richest man, 1324 -- Ibn Khaldun's masterpiece, 1377 -- Ottomans seize Constantinople, 1453 -- Fall of Granada, 1492 -- Safavid Dynasty of Persia, 1501.
Selim the Grim, 1512 -- Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520 --Second siege of Vienna, 1683 -- The Saud-Wahhab pact, 1744 -- Napoleon invades Egypt, 1798 -- Murder at the Citadel, 1811 -- French invasion of Algeria, 1830 -- East India Company in Yemen, 1839 -- Egypt, Europe, and the Suez Canal, 1869 -- Discovering Middle East oil, 1908 -- World War I in the desert, 1914 -- The last Caliphate Falls, 1924.
Lecturer: Eamonn Gearson, John Hopkins University.
"Discover the majestic cultures and astonishing history of the Middle East, looking behind the headlines to understand this significant region." --container.

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