Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionIntroduction to narratives and debates in the history of the Middle East (Near East) from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Local, regional, and global events and processes; political, social, cultural, and intellectual realities. Focusing on the major social and intellectual trends of the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, and Israel and their relation to major events and movements of the twentieth century. The influence of colonial, postcolonial, and neo-colonial thought; ways in which such struggles shaped people's social lives and futures; the causes and implications of current affairs. 