Themes in Islamic Culture: Middle Eastern History

Read select texts by the following authors: Ibn Khaldun (from the part of the `Ibar on the Berbers), Jahiz, Ibn Battuta, Qalqashandi, Mas'udi, Ibn Kathir, Ibn al-`Arabi, Haydar al-Amuli, Ibn `Abd Rabbihi, Ibn Hazm, Maqrizi, and early modern authors.