Recent SemestersFall 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023Class Size45 studentsCredits3 Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4F · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area D7 · CSU GE Area D2 · CSU GE Area D1 · CSU GE Area D5 · CSU GE Area D3DescriptionA survey of the cultural, economic, and political history of the Middle East from Ancient Era to 1800 C.E. with an emphasis on the rise, spread, and development of Islam. Explores how Islam developed out of earlier Middle Eastern societies and built upon those continuities, and examines the expansion and development of Islam and its interaction with pre-Islamic Middle Eastern societies and the West until 1800 C.E. 