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COURSE SYLLABUS: History of the M idle East: The Byzantine Empire


Course Title: MES104 – History of the Middle East: The Byzantine Empire
Department: Middle Eastern Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes the impact of the Greek culture and politics upon the Middle East during the Byzantine Empire (4th to 15th centuries A.D.)

Required book: Online Bookstore

The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Elites Old and New (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam), by John Haldron, Lawrence Conrad and Averil Comeron. The Darwin Press, 2004. ISBN-13: 9780878501441 ISBN: 0878501444

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Introduction. Elites Old and New in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East.
Chapter One. Elite Incomes in the Early Islamic States

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #2
Chapter Two. Concepts of Leadership in the Bedouin Society.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #3
Chapter Three. Elites and Patronage in Early Byzantium.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #4
Chapter Four. Democratization Revisited: Culture and Late Antique and Early Byzantine Elites.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter Five. Byzantine Leaders in Arabic-Moslem Texts.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #6
Chapter Six. Notes Towards a Discussion of the Depictions of the Umanyyads in the Byzantine Literature.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #7
Chapter Seven. Bishops in Late Antiquity.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #8
Chapter Eight. The Fate of the Late Senatorial Elite.
Chapter Nine. Nobility, Monarchy, and Legitimation under the Later Sasanians.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper