HIST414 HISTORY OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST:1950 PRESENT
| Course Code: |
2400414 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
| Department: |
History |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Res.Assist. OYA GÖZEL DURMAZ |
| Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
The course aims at helping the students to develop their understanding of such questions in the Middle East in the 20th century as economic development and political changes; the development of nations, nationalism and the nation-states; the emergence of Pan-Arab nationalism; Arab socialism and Islamic fundamentalism; the role of the military in the nation-state formation; the state and the politics of religious resurrection; Arab-Israeli wars and the Arab Cold War; the Middle East and the new world order.
