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5A: HIS Early Muslim World Syllabus, Spring 2008 TuTh 04:00PM-05:45PM PhysSciences 114 * This syllabus is provisional, course details may change at the discretion of the instructor. Instructor: Prof. Brian A. Catlos TA: Molly Ball Stevenson 216 email via WebCT Hours Wed. 11 1 or appt. Sec A: M 2 3:10 Soc Sci 2 159 9-4915; email via WebCT Sec B: W 8 9:10 Soc Sci 1 145 SEE THE FINAL PAGE FOR INFORMATION RE: PERMISSION CODES Course description: Through lectures and discussion sections this course will survey the history of Islam from the era of Muhammad through the era of the Caliphates (approximately 550 1250CE). Islam will be approached as a religious, social, political and cultural phenomenon; special emphasis will placed on understanding it in the context of contemporary developments in the Near East, Europe, Africa and Central Asia. Synopsis: This course will combine formal lectures and weekly discussion sections. Beginning with the Near East in the late-sixth century we will study the emergence of Islam and of Arabo-Islamic society and culture and its expansion and development over the next six centuries. The approach will be interdisciplinary, including politics, economy, society, culture and religion. Emphasis will be placed on understanding Islam within the broader religious, cultural and political contexts within which it developed. Among the topics which will be addressed will be minorities groups, relations with non-Muslims, conquest and missionizing, cultural and technological exchange, syncreticism, varieties of Islamic culture, and gender. Course requirements: Students will be expected to attend class and participate in discussions, section attendance is mandatory. You must fill in a course registration form at the time of your first class or you will not be eligible for credit. Over the course of the quarter, each student will write a map quiz, a source study, a mid-term, an essay and a final exam. All assignments must be completed in order to get credit for this course. More than one unexcused absence from section will result in a grade of F/No Pass. Course Web Page (WebCT) The course web page can be found at (http://ic.ucsc.edu/docs/webct/index.shtml). WebCT is a closed intranet accessible only to UCSC students. Course materials, announcements, and supplementary material will be posted here. It will be your responsibility to check the page regularly for updates and information (on a lecture-by-lecture basis). By accessing it you agree not to download or distribute any copyrighted material posted there. You will need a CATS account to access WebCT; to obtain a CATS email account visit: http://its.ucsc.edu/services/accounts/forms.php. Important course announcements will be posted on WebCT. Students should log-in at least once per week, as it will be students responsibility to read any announcements posted. If you qualify for classroom accommodations because of a disability every effort will be made to accommodate you. Please submit your Accommodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me during my office hours in a timely manner, preferably within the first two weeks of the quarter. Contact DRC at 459-2089 (voice), 459-4806 (TTY). 2 Evaluation: Map quiz 10% Document Study 10% Mid-Term 15% Essay 25% Final Exam 30% Participation 10% Participation Your participation mark is based on your performance in section and on any in-class quizzes. No more than one unexcused absence from section is permitted. Lateness may be counted as absence at the Instructor s discretion . Unless you have received prior authorization you may only attend the section to which you are formally assigned. Map Test A study map will be posted on Web CT. In class you will be provided with a map and be asked to label points on the map, and pin-point the location of towns. Source Study A 2 3 page paper analyzing the primary source you will use as the basis for your essay. Instructions will be provided on WebCT. Mid-Term Test This will be administered in your scheduled discussion section. It will consist of shortand long-answer questions. Bring one blue exam booklet. Essay An 8 10 page essay based on a primary source and secondary research. Instructions will be provided on WebCT. Final Exam This will consist of two parts. The first will have the same format of the tests and will cover the last two units of the course. The second part will concern the whole of the history of Islam as covered in this course. Extensions are granted only for documented illness or similar circumstances. Projects must be handed in on time or late penalties will be applied. No make ups. Academic Integrity All work submitted for this course must be original and your own work; all sources must be properly and clearly cited. Use of improperly attested material in assignments or unauthorized material in tests or exams constitutes plagiarism and may, at the instructor s discretion, result in removal from or a failing grade on the (see course WebCT for further information). Required readings: Cook, M. A. The Koran, a Very Short Introduction. Oxford & New York: Oxford UP, 2000. MC Egger, Vernon, History of the Muslim World to 1405, A: The Making of a Civilization. New York: Prentice Hall, 2004. VG Lapidus, Ira M. A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1988. IL Course reading packet (available at Bay Tree Bookstore) CR HIS 5A Early Muslim World S08: lecture schedule, readings and assignments subject to change at instructor s discretion; notice of changes will be posted on the HIS5A WebCT page. 3 Lecture & Reading Schedule:* Week 1 Readings: MC 1 50, VE 5 20, IL 3 37, CR Week 1 1-Apr T 1 Genesis Introduction & Background (to 600) 3-Apr Th 2 The Prophet (580-630) Week 2 Sections begin Readings: MC 119 146, VE 20 30, IL 37 54, CR Week 2 8-Apr T 3 Qur an & Sunna 10-Apr Th 4 The Rashidun (630 660) Week 3 Map quiz in section Readings: MC 51 119, VE 33 72, IL 54 81, CR Week 3 15-Apr T 5 Umayyad Caliphate (660-750) 17-Apr Th 6 A Golden Age Abbasid Caliphate (750-1000) Week 4 Readings: VE 72 104, IL 365 386, CR Week 4 22-Apr T 7 al-Andalus & the West to 1100 24-Apr Th 8 Ifriqiyya & Egypt to 1100 Week 5 Source Study due 29 April Readings: VE 104 137, IL 81 126, CR Week 5 29-Apr T 9 The 'Golden Age' of Islam (800 1000) 1-May Th 10 The 'Golden Age' of Islam (800 1000) Week 6 Mid-Term in section Readings: VE 142 170, IL 303 306 & 344 358, CR Week 6 6-May T 11 Barbarian Invasions Seljuqs & Samanids 8-May Th 12 Almoravids & Almohads Week 7 Readings: VE 172 198, IL 137 162 & 241 76, CR Week 7 13-May T 13 Normans, Franks & Byzantines 15-May Th 14 The Ayyubids Week 8 Readings: VE 199 224, IL 181 225, CR Week 8 20-May T 15 Islam at the Edges Muslim World, ca. 1200 22-May Th 16 Scientists, Philosophers and Mystics Week 9 Essay due 27 May Readings: VE 229 260, IL 310 328 & 359 65, CR Week 9 27-May T 17 Mamelukes & Ottomans 29-May Th 18 Central Asia Week 10 Readings: VE 290 316, IL 414 437, 489 508 & 524 532, CR Week 10 3-Jun T 19 Africa and India 5-Jun Th 20 The Mongols & Conclusion Final exam to be held 8am 11am, Thursday 12 June 2008 in PhysSciences 114. HIS 5A Early Muslim World S08: lecture schedule, readings and assignments subject to change at instructor s discretion; notice of changes will be posted on the HIS5A WebCT page. 4 Useful Resources: Books Arberry, A. J. The Koran Interpreted. New York: Macmillan, 1955. Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad : A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco, Calif.: Harper, 2001. Daniel, Norman. Islam and the West: The Making of an Image. Edinburgh: Longman, 1960. Dawood, N. J. The Koran. Rev. ed, New York: Penguin, 2003. Hodgson, Marshall G. S. The Venture of Islam. 3 vols. Vol. 1 and 2. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961. Hourani, Albert. A History of the Arab Peoples. London: Faber and Faber, 1991. Peters, F. E. Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. . The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. Reference Materials Ruthven, Malise, and Azim Nanji. Historical Atlas of Islam. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. Encyclopedia of Islam [online via McHenry] Encyclopdeia of the Qur an [online via McHenry] Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures [online via McHenry] Index Islamicus [online via McHenry] Encyclopaedia Iranica [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/] Web Sites Ancient World Cultures: Islam (U. Evansville) http://eawc.evansville.edu/ispage.htm Islam and Islamic Studies Resources http://www.uga.edu/islam/w Internet Islamic History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html The Qur n http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/quran/ (and many other sites) Archnet http://archnet.org/lobby/ Institute of Ismaili Studies http://www.iis.ac.uk USC Compendium of Muslim Texts http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/ Islamic Dynasties Timeline http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/itl/scroll/new.html Permission Codes: UCSC has switched to a Two Pass enrolment system to allow students better access to the courses they need. I will not issue permission codes before the second week, but will maintain an unofficial waiting list for this class. If you are hoping to get in but have not enrolled you should contact me by email (bcatlos@ucsc; subject line: HIS5A Waiting List ) and indicate your major, area of study, year, reason for wanting to enroll and nature of interest in the subject matter. Permission codes will be assigned according to all of these criteria, with a preference of those who contact me earlier. If you wish to obtain a code, you must attend every class until permission codes are distributed. HIS 5A Early Muslim World S08: lecture schedule, readings and assignments subject to change at instructor s discretion; notice of changes will be posted on the HIS5A WebCT page.

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