Arab-Islamic Civilization in the Middle Period, 945-1380 A.D.
Same as HIST/MEHT 344. Offered in alternate years.
The later Abbasid caliphate, the rise of Shi'ism and the Fatimids, Sunni consolidation under the Seljuks and Ayyubids, external threats to dar al-Islam; the rise of the Mamluks.