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Welcome to the Cañada College Library! We can help you find information on Middle Eastern History from many different sources, including books, articles, and websites.
Below, is a list that identifies your course textbook and highlights a few recent books about the Middle East which are in our library's collection.
Library Assignment
1. Find a book on your topic. Find it on our library's shelves. Or, if it's at another library, place an online "hold" to have it sent here within a week!
2. Find an article on your topic using one of our recommended databases. E-mail to yourself!
3. Find a webpage or article on your topic using one of our recommended websites or another reliable one.
HIST 455 - Middle Eastern History Research Assignment - Fall 2010
Historical Background Article
Due, Nov 16: As a historian you have been called upon to write an article for a popular magazine (Newsweek, Time, The Nation, etc.)which will inform readers about the historical roots of a particular event in the Middle East. You will pick a topic based on current news sources (Either American or Middle Eastern) and then using readings from the class and at least two outside sources you will write a five page essay detailing the historical origins of a particular event, issue, community, conflict, or other topic.
5 pages, double spaced, 11 pt Times New Roman font, 1” margins
1. Refer to current events. What is happening that you are describing? Why is it an issue?
2. What in Middle East History explains the causes of the event or issue you are discussing?
3. Summarize the history relevant to your topic. Summarize as if your reader knows nothing, and has just picked up a magazine and flipped to your article.
4. Make predictions. Based on your knowledge what do you think will happen? What do you think is likely?
Research Topic Keywords, Terms, Phrases
- Islamic Fundamentalism
- Iraq-Kuwait Disputes
- Desert Storm
- Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Afghan War
- Kurdism
- Osama Bin Laden
- Al-Qa'ida
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Civil War in Sudan
- King Hussein of Jordan
- Gadafi
- Suez Canal
- Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Intifada
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