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Course Discription |
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This course is designed as an introduction to Byzantine history and civilization, A.D. 330-1453 and to Islamic History from the beginning till today. Concerning Byzantine history it will trace the social, political and historical situations in Byzantium from its Roman foundation in the reforms following the so-called "Third Century Crises" (c.284 CE) in the Roman Empire to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks (1453 CE) with special attention to the Byzantine History in Jordan. The second part of the course will deal with the Islamic history with great focus on fine arts, architecture and other ruins including numismatics, ceramics, great monuments like palaces and mosques, arabis |