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Did you know that Arabic was for centuries the lingua franca in an area stretching from the south of Spain to the Chinese border? Did you know that the Middle East under Muslim rule in those days was the world’s beating heart of trade, but also of science and scholarship? Did you know that Islam in its formative period was heavily influenced by existing cultures in the region, like Indian, Greek, Persian and Byzantine culture? Did you know that for many centuries after the establishment of the Muslim Empire the majority of the population remained largely Christian and Jewish? Did you know that they held a protected status in Islamic law? Did you know that this generally open-minded, curious and open society stimulated many great innovations and inventions? Did you know that European scholarship in the Renaissance leaned heavily on the texts and inventions from the Middle East which were the outcome of this sophisticated advanced society? In this course we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages starting off in eighth-century Baghdad. Along the old pilgrim trails we will go to places like Mecca, Jerusalem and Najaf. We will show you the impressive markets of places like Cairo and Samarkand. However we will not hide the dark sides of society either, by introducing you to the flourishing widespread slave trade. We will visit the Abbasid court, the Harem of the caliph, and the palace of the Mamluk Sultan. We will show you some beautiful medieval manuscripts, that live on as the silent witnesses of the impressive achievements of scientists and medical doctors of this forgotten era. All along we will present you with historiographical debates and dilemma’s. Reflecting on the way we look at and interpret history. And while taking you on this journey, we will travel back and forth in time explaining to you how events of the past affected and shaped the world as we know it today. Welcome to the Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World! Enroll now and follow this course for free. --- Testimonial: Dear Prof. Sijpesteijn I am sending this email in gratitude for the Leiden University team for this course. Please thank the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs for offering it on Coursera, the Faculty of Humanities for creating the lovely course content and the excellent reading material. Rarely have I seen an MOOC that is this well-researched and thought through. This is in addition to the excellent resources provided and the creative media. I finished the course and presently doing the honors-track. If I may introduce myself, I am Radi Radi, a Palestinian-Jordanian who lives on "Shajaret Al Dur" St. in Amman, Jordan. It was quite an coincidence to learn about her here. I work as a pilot and currently we are not flying anywhere currently so I thought of finishing this course. I am a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Ryerson Univeristy, Canada and this really felt like the 100-level electives I took in that it really is a university-level course. I have bought a few books that I have read about in your course and that meant that I have something else to do in this corona-imposed hiatus. After Once aviation kicks back into gear, I hope to be flying to Amsterdam Again. When that happens, I plan on bringing you guys a gift from Amman for your efforts. Many Thanks Radi Radi...

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KW

May 30, 2022

​I learned so much in this course. I definitelyrecommend doing the extra readings and assignments in the honors track. The extra knowledge is worth the effort. I am delighted I found this course!

EN

Aug 6, 2024

I started to listen to this course out of curiosity but I have learned so much that I have never heard elsewhere before. The videos were great, the readings were very diverse and interesting.

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101 - The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World 的 125 个评论（共 139 个）

创建者 Juliette F

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Jul 22, 2021

Excellent, I appreciate

创建者 kukkoo k

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Apr 3, 2023

Wonderfully enriching!

创建者 elahe b

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Sep 1, 2021

thanks for every thing

创建者 Raheela S

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Jun 25, 2020

how to get my degree

创建者 Camila F

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Jan 17, 2019

I really enjoyed it.

创建者 Mohammad F K

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Dec 23, 2023

Very Knowlegeable

创建者 Cristiana M

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Aug 26, 2021

Very educational

创建者 Nafisha B M

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Jun 7, 2021

Very informative.

创建者 francisco v r

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Sep 6, 2020

EXCELLENT COURSE

创建者 Dave R

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Apr 12, 2020

Excellent course

创建者 Sukma A D A

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Mar 17, 2025

amazing course.

创建者 Pedro

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Sep 15, 2022

Excellent!!!!!

创建者 Historiando c F A

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May 27, 2024

Curso perfeito

创建者 Joanne J

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Mar 29, 2022

great course

创建者 Mohd A

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May 2, 2020

excellent!

创建者 Mohamed H

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Dec 26, 2018

i love you

创建者 Ana M J L

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Mar 6, 2022

excellent

创建者 Adrian

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Sep 11, 2024

alberto

创建者 saf a

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Apr 2, 2021

Thanks

创建者 Veronica E p

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May 18, 2020

I LIKE

创建者 Tony J

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Feb 1, 2025

This course presents a very refreshing view point for people that live in Western Europe and are interested in how their society developed and what the link is with the medieval arabic world. I have learned that the influence of the arabic world goes far beyond what I initially expected. Besides the current day impact the medieval arabic world still has on our lives today I was most surprised by the level of development of cities like Baghdad around the 10th century. Good clear lecturers and free course material. They could have updated the links in this course though. Many links to articles did not work. (4/5 stars)

创建者 Joana M

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May 3, 2020

In gereral, the course in The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World is very interesting.

The different knowledge shared along the weeks is associated with sociey, its infrastructures, religion, commercial activities - trade, slaves and mameluks, cultural development, orientalism and translation movements.

In my opinion, from all the readins, only two of them were not that interesting and I feel that I lost too much time paying attention to it. The exams by the end of each module should be more straight to the information learnt.

Overall, the knowledge I got from it will be very important in my job.

创建者 Amy S

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Apr 10, 2024

Phenomenal course! Really enjoyed learning about the different topics covered and taking part in forum discussions. However, I'm only rating 4 stars because I was unable to access some of the material like the podcasts as the links didn't work or material wasn't available for whatever reason. Other than that, I'd like to give a big thank you to Prof. Petra Sijpesteijn, the assistants and course peers.

创建者 Nina F

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Jan 14, 2021

This was a very enlightening and informative course. I learned about many things that I didn't know about before. I greatly enjoyed the lectures and the readings and am now very interested in learning more about the Medieval Arabic world. My only issue with this course is that the subtitles for the videos need to be improved. There is a lot of misspelling in the subtitles for the videos.

创建者 Emily C

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Mar 20, 2021

There is some engaging material in this course. In fact, I think I will probably access and refer to some of the materials again in the future. However, the best thing about the course was that I learnt that I could register for a JSTOR account and read a certain number of articles for free each month.