May 28, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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HIST 170 - (HP) The Middle East since 1945

Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course examines political and socio-cultural interactions between Europe, the United States, and the Middle East from 1945 to the present. Topics include evolving historical representations of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, 9/11, the Iraq War, the Arab Spring, current attitudes toward Arab/Muslim culture, and the role American popular culture plays in the Middle East.




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