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The course covers the period from the emergence of
Islam to the end of Abbasid rule in Baghdad, and
focuses on the central lands of Islam. After
a chronological review of the political processes of
expansion, state-formation, and decentralization,
various aspects of social and intellectual life are
examined. Topics to be covered include :
the question of unity and diversity in Islamic history; the
development of the religious sciences, law,
political thought and philosophy; social hierarchies
in theory and practice; and economic life and thought.
For the possibility of being taken as an undergraduate
course, subject to adjusted work requirements, see HIST 331.
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