Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

135 courses · University of Toronto St. George · 3 syllabi
NMC241H1Anthropology of the Middle East1 syllabusNMC267H1Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt1 syllabusNMC471H1Advanced Topics in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations1 syllabusNMC101H1Land of the PharaohsNMC102H1Heartland of Ancient EmpiresNMC103H1The Islamic WorldNMC104H1The Biblical WorldNMC105H1Middle Eastern Wars: From Chariots to DronesNMC106H1Arab WorldsNMC195H1Rebels, Misfits, and Outcasts in Modern Arabic LiteratureNMC196H1Law and Order in the Ancient Near EastNMC199H1Babylon: Fact vs. FictionNMC201H1Slavery in Islamic History 600-1600NMC202H1The Birds and the Deer: Hebrew Poetry from the Bible to ModernityNMC230H1Ancient Egypt in Popular MediaNMC231H1Sexuality in Ancient EgyptNMC238H1The Persian Empire: Superpower of the Ancient WorldNMC239H1Women and Gender in the Near and Middle EastNMC240H1For the Love of the Prophet: Muhammad in the Islamic TraditionNMC243H1The Arabic NovelNMC244H1The Arab Spring and Cultural ProductionNMC246H1Sumerian and Babylonian Literature in TranslationNMC248H1Ancient BureaucraciesNMC249H1Health and Healing on the Nile: Ancient Egyptian MedicineNMC250H1Pyramids, Temples, and Tombs: An Introduction to Egyptian Art and ArchitectureNMC251H1Voices from Ancient EgyptNMC252H1Hebrew BibleNMC253H1Egyptian MythsNMC254H1The Mummy: Technology and TransformationNMC255H1Love, Battle, and Wit: Classics of Premodern Arabic LiteratureNMC256H11001 Nights Around the WorldNMC257H1Vice and Virtue in Biblical TraditionsNMC258H1The Book of Kings: Persian Myth, History, and ArtNMC259H1Literature of Ancient and Late Antique IranNMC260H1From Agriculture to Urbanism: The Archaeology of the Pre- and Proto-historic Near EastNMC262H1Empires and Internationalism: The Archaeology of the Historic Near EastNMC263H1The Archaeology of Gods, Ghosts, Witches and DemonsNMC264H1The Archaeology of StuffNMC265H1Archaeology in War Zones: Syria, Iraq, AfghanistanNMC266H1Archaeologies of PowerNMC268H1Data Science Applications in ArchaeologyNMC269H1Ancient Egyptian ScienceNMC270H1Christians of the Middle EastNMC271H1The Sufi Tradition in IslamNMC272H1Hajj and HistoryNMC276H1Topics in Near & Middle Eastern CivilizationsNMC277H1Topics in Near & Middle Eastern CivilizationsNMC278H1Modern Middle East: A Historical IntroductionNMC280H1The Caliphate: Early Islamic History from Ancient Arabia to the Abbasid EmpireNMC281H1Islamic History from the Crusades to Slave SultansNMC284H1Judaism and Feminism: Legal Issues from Menstruation to OrdinationNMC289H1Introduction to Coptic StudiesNMC292H1The Rise of the CityNMC299H1Research Opportunity ProgramNMC299Y1Research Opportunity ProgramNMC301H1Religious Revolts, Popular Uprisings, and Internal Conflicts in Islamic History 610-1600 CENMC304H1GIS and Spatial Analysis in ArchaeologyNMC308H1Getting Justice: Women, Slaves, and Religious Minorities in the Courts in the Pre-modern Middle EastNMC309H1The Plague in the Middle East: 13th-19th CenturiesNMC315H1The Structure of Arabic LanguageNMC316H1Cultural Encounter in Arabic NarrativeNMC320H1The Archaeology of DeathNMC330H1King David: Musician, Monarch, or Murderer?NMC331H1Samson: Lover, Liar, lion-slayerNMC340H1History of Late Antique & Early Islamic IranNMC341H1Safavid Iran: Reign of the ShahsNMC343H1History of Ancient Egypt I: From Farmers to Pyramid BuildersNMC344H1History of Ancient Egypt II: From Hyksos Subjects to Empire BuildersNMC345H1Nubian ArchaeologyNMC346H1Ancient Mesopotamia I: Sumerians and AkkadiansNMC347H1Ancient Mesopotamia II: Assyrians and BabyloniansNMC348H1Kurdish Studies: A Critical IntroductionNMC349H1Climate and Collapse in the Ancient Near EastNMC350H1Christian Literature from the Middle East in TranslationNMC351H1Dead Sea ScrollsNMC352H1Ancient Egyptian LiteratureNMC354H1Science and Literature: Baghdad inherits AthensNMC355H1Ottoman Empire: The Age of ReformNMC357H1Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Arabic LiteratureNMC358H1Gender and Sexuality in Modern Middle Eastern CulturesNMC360H1The Archaeology of the Biblical World I: The Bronze AgeNMC361H1The Archaeology of the Biblical World II: The Iron AgeNMC362H1The World of the Last Pharaohs: History, Culture, and Society in Graeco-Roman EgyptNMC365H1Women and Gender in Egyptian ArchaeologyNMC366H1Archaeology of Mesopotamia I: Rise of CivilizationNMC368H1Coptic Art & ArchaeologyNMC369H1Archaeology of Mesopotamia II: States and EmpiresNMC371H1Topics in Hebrew BibleNMC372H1Islam and Muslims in the BalkansNMC373H1Modern IranNMC375H1Conversion to Islam in Medieval HistoryNMC378H1Modern Arab HistoryNMC379H1Capital, Technology, and Utopia in the Modern Middle EastNMC380H1Religion in the Ancient Near EastNMC381H1Modern Islamic ThoughtNMC384H1Marking Time: Legal Issues and Personal Status in JudaismNMC386H1Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman EmpireNMC387H1Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Ottoman EmpireNMC388H1The Rise of the OttomansNMC389H1The Ottoman Empire in its Classical AgeNMC396H1The Art of the Qur’anNMC399H1Research Opportunity ProgramNMC399Y1Research Opportunity ProgramNMC414H1Ancient Egyptian ArtifactsNMC423H1Debates in Egyptian ArchaeologyNMC445H1Sacred versus Secular Space: Mesopotamian Architecture in ContextNMC446H1The Babylonian CityNMC447H1The Neo-Assyrian EmpireNMC449H1Mesopotamian Society and EconomyNMC450H1Research Seminar on Ancient Jewish LiteratureNMC452H1Iranian ModernityNMC454H1Mapping the Ottoman WorldNMC458H1Minecrafting the Ancient Household: Archaeology of Daily LifeNMC459H1Advanced Data Science Applications in ArchaeologyNMC460H1The Archaeology of Borders in Egypt and the Ancient Near EastNMC461H1The History and Archaeology of the Horn of Africa and South ArabiaNMC462H1Polarized-light Microscopy in Archaeology I: FoundationsNMC463H1Warfare: The Archaeology of Conflict in the Ancient Near EastNMC465H1Ceramic AnalysisNMC466H1Near Eastern CeramicsNMC467H1Seminar in Egyptian Archaeology INMC468H1Seminar in Egyptian Archaeology IINMC469Y1Medieval Middle Eastern CeramicsNMC470H1Polarized-light Microscopy in Archaeology II: ApplicationsNMC472H1Theory & Method in Middle East StudiesNMC473H1Intellectuals of the Modern Arab WorldNMC477H1Modern TurkeyNMC478H1Modern Arab SocietiesNMC480H1Structural Development of the Iranian LanguagesNMC484H1Gender Issues in Jewish LawNMC491H1Mesopotamian Material Culture: Art versus ArtifactNMC495Y1Independent StudiesNMC496H1Independent StudiesNMC497H1Independent StudiesNMC499Y1Senior Thesis