2877 (v.5) History 215 - History of the Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly

Anti Requisite(s):

3764 (v.5) History 315 - History of the Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Prerequisite(s):

1438 (v.4) History 111 - History of India in the 17th Century or any previous version
AND
1439 (v.4) History 112 - The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries or any previous version

Syllabus:

The Middle East. The 18th century - Ottoman Empire, Arab stagnation, the Iranian state, revival of Islam. The origins of European intervention. The rise of Egypt and British interest in the Indian Ocean. Great power rivalry and the beginnings of colonialism in the region, the impact of technology and capitalism and the beginnings of nationalism. The 1914-18 War and the creation of Israel-the position of the Palestine people, Arab-Israeli wars, revolution and reform, the effects of oil, the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

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Field of Education:

090305 History

Funding Cluster:

03 - Humanities

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1			Y	Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External