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• ANTHR 103 - Introduction to Archeology

  Course Number:

  ANTHR 103

  School:

  Rio Hondo College

  Offered:

  Spring, Fall

  Archeology is the study of past societies through the analysis of material remains. This general education course will survey the development of major cultural centers around the world including those found in Mesoamerica, South America, Egypt, China, Africa, and the Middle East. Examples drawn from many ancient sites will trace human societies from pre-agricultural [...]

• Contemporary Middle East and its Leadership

  Course Number:

  OLCU 631

  School:

  Brandman University

  Offered:

  Fall

  This course will offer an opportunity to explore the rhetoric and practice of fundamentalist leaders who have used their motivational power and influence to achieve their personal and organizational goals. This course will offer an opportunity to examine various patterns of such leadership, its qualities, and transformational characteristics. Moreover, students will have an opportunity to [...]

• Geography of Europe and the Middle East - Online

  Course Number:

  Travel 135

  School:

  West Los Angeles College

  Offered:

  Spring, Fall

  In this course you will become familiar with the major attractions, tourist centers, climate patterns, lodging choices, travel options and traveler motivations for Europe and the Middle East.

• GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (Online)

  Course Number:

  POLITICAL SCIENCE 014

  School:

  West Los Angeles College

  Offered:

  Fall

• Great Books from the World At LargeThe Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and the Islamic World: (Online)

  Course Number:

  XL 1D

  School:

  University of California, Los Angeles Extension

  Offered:

  Winter

  The coming of Europeans to the New World and Africa is surely the defining historical experience for writers of the “third world.” They have struggled profoundly with European conquest. Even those who seek “native” roots to order to establish the contours of life and culture dislocated by the impositions of power and the wholesale movements [...]

• History - Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilization

  Course Number:

  HIST018

  School:

  Foothill College

  Civilization of the Middle East. History of the region, concentrating on the 19th and 20th and 21st centuries. European colonization, culture, institutions and religion. Political, economic, and social development of the area.

• History of the Middle East

  Course Number:

  HIST 109

  School:

  MiraCosta College

  Offered:

  Spring, Fall, Summer

  History of the Middle East from origins to contemporary times. This course covers the political, social, and economic development of early Mesopotamia, the Persian Empire, the development of monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), the Abbasid Caliphate, the Crusades, the Ottoman and Safavid empires, European imperialism, and modern Middle Eastern states.

• Humanities 326 - Middle Eastern Humanities

  Course Number:

  HUM 326

  School:

  American River College

  Offered:

  Spring, Fall

  This course surveys the cultures of the Middle East, with an emphasis on the analysis and appreciation of the arts, architecture, music, and sacred and secular texts of Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and other countries from ancient to modern times, as they apply to cultural and political developments.

• Introduction to Western Civilization I

  Course Number:

  History 1

  School:

  LACCD Instructional TV

  Offered:

  Fall

  The development of man from Paleolithic times through the civilizations of the Ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and the emergence of nation states is emphasized.

• The Development of World Civilization (1500 to the Present)

  Course Number:

  X24

  School:

  University of California Berkeley Extension

  Offered:

  Rolling

  This course is a comparative introduction to the major cultures of the world since 1500, focusing on social, political, intellectual, and artistic developments and responses to the dynamics of modernity. It covers the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, Africa, and the Middle East; the beliefs and social organization of India, China, and Japan; European political [...]

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