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3.00 Credits
At its heart, the Arab- Israeli conflict has revolved around different nationalisms struggling for exclusive control of the same piece of territory, alternately called Palestine or Israel. This course explores the contending Arab and Zionist claims to the land during the 19th and 20th centuries and discusses the course of the resulting struggle. It also examines by-products of the conflict, including socio-economic, political, and psychological ramifications for Jews and Arabs both in Palestine-Israel and beyond. Speaking-intensive. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
The rise and expansion of Russia from early Slavic settlements through the end of the 18th century. Includes Kievan Russia, the Muscovite state, the Time of Troubles and the establishment of the Romanov dynasty, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, the development of autocracy and serfdom, Westernization, and the emergence of Russia as a European power. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Reinhardt.
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3.00 Credits
Russian history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes the nature of the Tsarist autocracy: Alexander I and Nicholas I; Alexander II and the emancipation of the serfs; Alexander III, Nicholas II, and reaction; the causes of the 1917 Revolution; Marxist theory, the Russo-Japanese War, the Revolution of 1905 and the FirstWorldWar; Lenin's government; CivilWar; Stalin and his successors; and the post-World War II era and contemporary developments. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
The growth and development of the French nation from ancient Gaul through the reign of Louis XIV Charlemagne and the rise of feudalism; the first Capetians; Louis IX, Philip IV, and the foundation of absolute monarchy; the Hundred Years'War; Francis I and the French Renaissance; Henry II and the religious civil wars; Henry IV, Richelieu, Mazarin and the consolidation of monarchical power; and Louis XIV, the majesty of Versailles and the legacy of the Sun King. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
The nature of the absolute monarchy in the eighteenth century; Louis XV, Louis XVI, and the Enlightenment; the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras; the Restoration and the Revolution of 1830; Louis-Phillippe and the Revolution of 1848; the Second Republic and the Second Empire of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; The Third Republic and the two world wars; the Fourth Republic and its demise; DeGaulle, the Fifth Republic, and contemporary developments. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
These courses focus on areas of history not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Prequisite: Permission of the Instructor. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
A research seminar on the "Great War." World War I (1914-1919) was a transforming experience in world history. This course will take a close look at the war in general and each student will study one aspect of the war in detail. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Porter.
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3.00 Credits
A study in the history of modern Europe. Special emphasis on the causes and consequences of war, fascism, communism, the European Union, and Europe's colonial withdrawal. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
The origins of Indian civilization and classical Hinduism; the Sultanate of Delhi; Akbar the Great, the Mughal Empire and its decline; European trade; the Portuguese; Anglo- Dutch-French rivalry and the dominion of the East India Company; British expansion; and the nature of the Indian Mutiny and its aftermath. Problems of analysis and interpretation. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
The impact of European rule on the subcontinent: the nature of British imperial government; and modernization and social change. The rise of Indian nationalism: the Indian National Congress and constitutional developments; the First World War and the Amritsar massacre; Mahatma Gandhi; and Muslim separatism, the transfer of power and Partition. The problems of independent South Asian governments, contemporary developments and problems of historiography. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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