Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: GREAT ISLAMIC EMPIRES OF THE EARLY MODERN AGE

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal and Uzbek Empires shared similar origins but each developed distinct imperial understandings of power and legitimacy, gender, religion, aesthetics. This seminar is a comparative and cross-regional study of early modern Islamic culture and society, its inspiration and legacy. Open to juniors and seniors. Open to others only with permission of instructor. (Please note that class rank is determined by year of matriculation, not credits.)