The Central Islamic Lands, 500-1700

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This course examines the development of Islam as a cultural and religious tradition from its origins in the late antique Middle East until the period of the “Gunpowder Empires”. It includes the rise and disintegration of the caliphate as an Islamic empire, the development of Islamicate societies and Islamic institutions, the spread of Islam through much of Asia and Africa, the simultaneous localization and globalization of the Islamic tradition, and the rise of new imperial systems under the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals.