SUNY-Wide Course Catalog

This course explores the development of the modern Middle East by examining, first, the religious, cultural, and historical background that has shaped the modern era and second by looking at the present political, economic, and social composition of the region. Particular attention is paid to the influential ideologies of the region, the diverse political and ethnic conflicts, the differing leadership styles of political figures, the interests and roles of the superpowers, and most of all, to the way the complex interaction of all of the above creates the modern Middle East.