NELC148 - Warriors,Concubines,And Converts: the Ottoman Empire in the Mid East & Euro

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Warriors,Concubines,And Converts: the Ottoman Empire in the Mid East & Euro
Term
2020C
Syllabus URL
Subject area
NELC
Section number only
401
Section ID
NELC148401
Course number integer
148
Registration notes
Course is available to Freshmen and Upperclassmen.
Crse Online: Sync & Async Components
Meeting times
TR 03:00 PM-04:30 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Oscar Aguirre Mandujano
Description
For almost six hundred years, the Ottomans ruled most of the Balkans and the Middle East. From their bases in Anatolia, Ottoman armies advanced into the Balkans, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq, constantly challenging the borders of neighboring European and Islamicate empires. By the end of the seventeenth century, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Cairo, Baghdad, Sarajevo, Budapest, and nearly Vienna came under Ottoman rule. As the empire expanded into Europe and the Middle East, the balance of imperial power shifted from warriors to converts, concubines, and intellectuals. This course examines the expansion of the Ottoman sultanate from a local principality into a sprawling empire with a sophisticated bureaucracy; it also investigates the social, cultural, and intellectual developments that accompanied the long arc of the empire's rise and fall. By the end of the course, students will be able to identify and discuss major currents of change in the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East. The student will have a better understanding of the roles of power, ideology, diplomacy, and gender in the construction of empire and a refined appreciation for diverse techniques of historical analysis.
Course number only
148
Cross listings
HIST148401
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No