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Part 1: The Origins of the Modern World, 1400-1900

week 3 (2/25–27)
 
topics:
Tu. Islam, Europe, and the Riches of Asia
  Th. Islamic Empires: Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal
readings:
 Tu. OMW: pp. 52-66
ER: The Travels of Ibn Battuta (web link)
ER: Vasco da Gama: Round Africa to India, 1497-1498
  Th. OMW: pp. 67-71;
ER: The Rise of the Great Islamic Empires (web link)
The Letters of Ottoman Sultan Selim I and Safavid Shah Ismail
task:
 Know the “Five Pillars of Islam” and extent of Islamic world, c. 1400.
Thoroughly go through The Rise of the Great Islamic Empires web site.