Globalization ; Islam & the West, reading essay , history

Thematic Issue

s

: 

Globalization

; 

Islam & the West: Conflict, Conversion or Co

-

Existence?

Related Thematic Issue(s): 

Racism & Racial Inequality

Topic:

Islamic Contributions to Western Civilization in World Historical 

Perspective

Required readings

:

1

-

“

The Islamic Golden Age & the House of Wisdom,” in 

Islam: Empire of Faith

, PBS Video (2003)

.

(Note: 

You only need to watch the first 16 minutes of the video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoHE0ut6lfY

)

Assignments Due:

Thurs

, 

Sep 7

,

Based 

only

on  the 

video

above

and

the in

-

write, 

in  your  own 

words

, a 400

-

450 word

fact

-

based

essay explaining the topic of 

“

Islamic Contributions to Western 

Civilization in World Historical Perspective

.” Your essay should

include: (1) 

W

hen 

and how did 

Arabic

-

Islamic Civilization ‘rise’

, 

including the various peoples and languages involved, 

(2) 

w

hen

, 

where  (geographically)  and  how 

did  the  Islamic  world  contribute  to  and/or  influence  Western 

European civilization, 

and

, very briefly at the 

end,

(3) what is the importance of understanding this 

history for our world today

. Using key concepts and ideas from your essay on ‘globalization’ (Week 

1), your essay for this week must 

again 

include reference to the topic of ‘globalization’.

Your essay m

ust include 

at least

(or more) 

total references

, four

to the 

video and four 

to  the  in

-

class  lecture

. 

Be  sure  to  follow  both  these  specific  guidelines  as  well  as  the  general 

guidelines for all essays contained in the ‘Weekly Reading Essay (WRE) 

Guidelines’