History of the Modern Middle East

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This course is an introduction to the history of the modern Middle East with an emphasis on the twentieth century. The first four weeks of the course will briefly cover the Ottoman history of the Middle East from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, and the remaining weeks will introduce important topics relating to twentieth-century Middle Eastern history, such as the creation of nation-states, the Israel-Palestine conflict, authoritarian regimes, Islamist movements, and the Arab Uprisings.