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COURSE SYLLABUS: Economic History of Islamic States


Course Title: MES305 – Economic History of Islamic States
Department: Middle Eastern Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course describes the economic infrastructure and activities of Islamic States since their origin to the present time.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Money, Land and Trade : An Economic History of the Muslim Mediterranean (The Islamic Mediterranean), by Nelly Hanna (Editor). I. B. Tauris, 2005. ISBN-13: 9781860646997 ISBN: 1860646999

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
Chapter One. Individual and Collectivity in the Agricultural Economy of Pre-Colonial Morocco.
Chapter Two. Why Study Ownership?
Chapter Three. Multiplicity of Rights.

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

Week #2
Chapter Four. The Worst of Times.
Chapter Five. Passive Revolution as a Possible Model for Nineteen Century Egyptian History.
Chapter Six. Making a Living or Making a Fortune in Ottoman Syria.

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

Week #3
Chapter Seven. Manufacturing Myths.
Chapter Eight. Private Papers of an American Merchant Family in the Ottoman Empire.


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

Week #4
Chapter Nine. The Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa and the Controversy and the Rise of Craft Guilds in the Early Medieval Islam.

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

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter Ten. Interaction between the Monetary Regimes of Istanbul, Cairo, and Tunis

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

Week #6
Chapter Eleven. Monetary Causes of the Financial Crisis and Bankruptcy in Egypt..

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

Week #7
Chapter Twelve. The Financial Resources of Coptic Priests in Nineteenth Century Egypt.

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

Week #8
Chapter 13. Perception of Greek-money lender in the Egyptian Collective Memory.

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

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper