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Prerequisite: Any two of the following courses: HIST 111, HIST 112, HIST 131, HIST 132, HIST 221, HIST 222; or consent of instructor A survey of Middle Eastern history from 1400 to the present. Topics include the rise and decline of the last Muslim empires, European colonial and imperial penetration of the Middle East in the 19th century, the social and cultural impact of imperialism, the rise of nation-states in the 20th century, nationalist ideologies (e.g. pan-Arabism, Zionism), the emergence of political Islam as a key force, religious sectarianism, and contemporary problems of political and economic development. May be taken for graduate-level credit.