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About the Course

Did you know that Arabic was for centuries the lingua franca in an area stretching from the south of Spain to the Chinese border? Did you know
that the Middle East under Muslim rule in those days was the world’s beating heart of trade, but also of science and scholarship? Did you know
that Islam in its formative period was heavily influenced by existing cultures in the region, like Indian, Greek, Persian and Byzantine culture? Did
you know that for many centuries after the establishment of the Muslim Empire the majority of the population remained largely Christian and
Jewish? Did you know that they held a protected status in Islamic law? Did you know that this generally open-minded, curiou...
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Top reviews

KW

May 30, 2022

​I learned so much in this course. I definitelyrecommend doing the extra readings and assignments in the honors track. The extra knowledge is worth the effort. I am delighted I found this course!

EN

Aug 6, 2024

I started to listen to this course out of curiosity but I have learned so much that I have never heard elsewhere before. The videos were great, the readings were very diverse and interesting.

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By Victoria E

Sep 17, 2022

A very good course that challenges a lot of stereotypes. A few of the links need replaceing as they have broken though.

By Elizabeth G

Jun 30, 2024

Very interesting over view of the medieval Arabic world. I learned a lot from this course.

By Kate C

Nov 30, 2022

Links to podcasts, part of the class offering, were broken.

By tim c

Sep 26, 2024

An eyeopener

By Andrew W

Feb 11, 2023

I was somewhat disappointed by the number of links to documents or Soundcloud items that didn't work - it seems to be difficult to get anyone to reply to my report of this. Something that obviously needs revision. At the time of writing I am still waiting feedback about one of my Honours assignments.

By Jules P

Oct 18, 2022

The podcasts were unaccessible, and the readings sometimes a little bit long, so the experience was not the best. It is though a good and interesting course !

By peter v b

Feb 23, 2023

quite a large number of podcasts and links do not work (anymore) The course should be updated

By Szepseskaf

Jun 28, 2021

The course wasn't bad. I've laerned some very interesting facts. However, the material I was supposed to read was rather boring. I'd rather listen to more lectures than read those many articles

By Deleted A

Dec 14, 2020

Always present facts. You had a lot of good information but enough misinformation that was important to understanding the region today that I could not watch. You lost more credibility when showing the travel slide with narration about a woman and her husband traveling to Hajj then said at the end this was an invention used to illustrate the scene/times. You should stick with the facts.