Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area D6 · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionCal-GETC Area 3B (Humanities) This course surveys the history of the Middle East, from the ancient civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates river valley to the present. Major topics include the religious, ethnic, social and political differences that developed prior to and since the emergence of Islam; the establishment of new states following the world wars, and the 21st-century engagement with globalizing trends. 