History and Civilization of Islam - 2nd semester
Objectives
a) List the different dimensions of space-time history of Islam since the Hijrah until the eighteenth century.
b) Identify the major political, economic, social and cultural processes that characterized the history of Islam since the Hijrah until the eighteenth century.
c) Understand the specificity of the islamic religion and civilization,
d) Know the main historiographical interpretations of the subjects studied.
e) Know the basic bibliography of the subject and be able to work with historical documents of the same.
f) Develop ability to communicate orally and in writing, integrating integrating the vocabulary and specific categories of Islams history
General characterization
Code
711051049
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Alexandra Pinheiro Pelucia
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
- DUCELIER, Alain; Michel Kaplan; Bernadette Martin & Françoise Micheau, A Idade Média no Oriente Bizâncio e o Islão dos Bárbaros aos Otomanos, Lisboa, Publicações D. Quixote, 1994.
- GUELLOUZ, Azzedine, «O Islão», in As Grandes Religiões do Mundo, dir. Jean Delumeau, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1999, pp. 256-338.
- LAPIDUS, Ira M. & Francis Robinson (ed.), The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- SOURDEL, Dominique & Janine Sourdel (dir.), Dictionnaire Historique de lIslam, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1996.
Teaching method
Theoretical lessons are based in lectures conducted by the teacher. Practical lessons are based on the discussion of topics
by students, under the guidance of the teacher, using the presentation, analysis and commentary of documental sources,
critical bibliography, audiovisual products, maps and other iconographic materials.
Evaluation method
Realization of a written test (40%). Realization of a written work (40%). Attendance and participation in practical classes
(20%).
Subject matter
I. Introduction
1.1. Basic concepts
1.2. The age of \"ignorance\" and the genealogy of the monotheisms
II. The Foundations of Faith and State
2.1. Muhammad, religious and political leader
2.2. The sacred text
2.3. The Prophet´s Sayings
2.4. The pillars of faith and religious experience
III. The Internal Fractures
3.1. The problem of succession
3.2. Kharijite, Shi´a and Sunni doctrines
IV. Classical Islam
4.1. The wave of expansion
4.2. The relationship with the other People of the Book
4.3. The Arab empire of the Umayyads
4.4. The Muslim Abbasid empire
V. Islam in Anguish
5.1. The emergence of regional centers of power
5.2. The genesis of the role of the Turks
5.3. The Crusades and the counter-offensive
5.4. The Mongols, from conquerors to converted
VI. \"Barbarian\" Islam
6.1. The Islamization of India and maritime Asia
6.2. The Mamluk and Timurid Empires
6.3. The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires