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The Expansion of Islam: Caliphates, Trade, and Cultural Synthesis
Trace the rapid growth of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates and their synthesis of Persian, Hellenistic, and Arab traditions.
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The Islamic World, Ottoman Expansion, and the Ming Dynasty
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Compare the statecraft, belief systems, ethnic compositions, and foreign interactions of the Ottoman Empire and Ming Dynasty pre-1600.
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