Assigned Web Readings for History 372
Week 1
- Haldon Pre-industrial States and
the Distribution of Resources
- Frye Alexander and the Heritage of
Hellenism
Week 2
- Kennedy Rome's Desert Frontier.
- Eadie Transformation of the Eastern
Frontier
- Millar Communal and Cultural Identities
- Whittaker Frontiers and Growth
of Empire
Week 3
- Herrin Byzantium Confronted by Islam
- Patrich Church, State and the Transformation
of Palestine
Week 4
- Frye Heirs of the Achaemenids
OR
- Frye The Reforms of Chostroes Anushirvan
- Mango Peoples and Languages
- Whittaker Collapse of the Frontiers
Week 5
- Shahid Byzantinism and Arabism: Interaction
- Treadgold Two Fights for Survival
Week 6
- Baron The Pre-Islamic World
- Crone The Rise of Islam
- Peters The Family and City
of Muhammad
- Rodinson Selections from his Mumahhad
- Watt Assessment
Week 7
- Donner Conclusions
- Gill The Political History of Jerusalem
- Peters The Holy House
- Grabar The Symbolic Appropriation
of the Land
- Grabar The Umayyad Royal Idea
Week 8
Week 9
- Tschanz The Arab Roots of European
Medicine
- Nasr Science and Civilization in Islam
Week 10
- Bosworth The Concept of Dhimma
in Early Islam
- Lewis The Muslim View of the
World
- Wiet The Golden Age of Arab and
Islamic Culture
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15