Study Guide: Youssef Courbage and Philippe
Fargues, Christians and Jews under Islam.
A) Terms, Dates, Names...
| Mevlivi order |
millet System |
Dar al-Islam |
Dar al-Harb |
| devshirme |
Tanzimat |
1071 CE |
Ataturk |
| dhimmi |
jizya |
Monophysites |
Rumi |
| Urban II |
Konya |
1453 CE |
Treaty of Lausanne |
| Nestorians |
1258 CE |
1095 CE |
1187 CE |
| Balfour Declaration |
1948 CE |
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B) Essay Questions...
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Describe in very broad fashion the spread of Islam in the Middle East from
the 7th to the 14th / 15th / 16th century. What are some of the factors
that contributed to the spread? What other factors might have inhibited
the spread?
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Describe the crusaders' movement in broad outline. In your discussion,
pay particular attention to the relationships between "Western Christians,"
"Eastern Christians," and Muslims.
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Describe the historical development of different religious minorities in
the Ottoman Empire. What were some of the factors that influenced
the growth of these minorities?
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"The people living in Turkey are a distinct race of exclusively central-Asian,
Turkic origin." Discuss this statement, alluding to different arguments
in the wider debate on Turkish identity.
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Discuss in broad outlines the state of the three Abrahamic religions in
the Middle East.