CE Day 11 Agenda: Video: Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds

  • Due Feb 15, 2018 by 12pm
  • Points None

A brief review of Moorish, Ottoman, and other Arab influence

Imperial History of the Middle East:
5000 Years of History in 90 seconds
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Map: The Caliphate

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The 90 second synopsis includes . . .

  • Note the recapitulation in about 3.5 seconds

Map: The Caliphate

 

Reconquista A.D. 790-A.D. 1300
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Wikipedia Links to an external site.

Reconquista, A.D. 790.

 

Map depicting the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, in 1683
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Map depicting the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, in 1683.

Notice where the Caliphate and the Ottoman Empires end in Europe, and compare those with the Holy Roman Empire around A.D. 1600 (below)

Holy Roman Empire Links to an external site. around A.D. 1600
Wikipedia Links to an external site.Holy Roman Empire around 1600



 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Links to an external site.

Declaration of caliphate Links to an external site.: 29 June 2014

On the scale of the "Imperial History of the Middle East" the current conflict would be represented in about 2-3/4 seconds

ISIS Areas of Occupation, 11 January 2016
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Turkey class WebPage

Wikipedia Links to an external site.
Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian peninsula Links to an external site.
Moors Links to an external site.
Ottoman Empire Links to an external site.
Ottoman Caliphate Links to an external site.
Decline of the Ottoman Empire Links to an external site.
Caliphate of Córdoba Links to an external site.
Almohad dynasty Links to an external site.
Al-Andalus Links to an external site.

 

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