HIST 258
Spring 2007 not offered
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| Certificates: International Relations |
| Course Cluster: Southern Asia Studies |
At the peak of their power, the Mughal emperors (who called themselves 'Timurids' or descendants of Timur, a.k.a. Tamerlane) ruled over a massive swath of southern Asia terrain: from Afghanistan in the northwest, Kashmir in the north, Bengal in the northeast, and deep into the 'Deccan' south. Despite the fact that most of the inhabitants of 'al-Hind' were non-Muslim, Mughal India became during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a major cultural, intellectual, and political center of the Islamic world. This course examines how this cultural efflorescence evolved during nearly three centuries of Mughal imperial rule in India (1526-1803), despite -- or perhaps because of -- the considerable religious differences between the ostensibly Muslim rulers and their putatively Hindu subjects. |
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Essential Capabilities:
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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