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Political Science 2520: Middle Eastern Politics
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Lesson 1: State-Building—Confronting Ideology and the Challenge of Modernization
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Lesson 2: The Development and Impact of Patrimonial Patterns in Middle Eastern Society
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Lesson 3: The Impact of Contemporary Patrimonial Leadership in the Middle East
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Lesson 4: The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Lesson 5: From Politics to War—The Growing Influence of the Gulf States
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Midterm Exam Announcement
(covers Lessons 1–5)
Lesson 6: An Historical Overview of the Middle East
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Lesson 7: The British Mandate and the Decline of Palestine
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Lesson 8: The Creation of the State of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Wars
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Lesson 9: The Growth of Arab Nationalism and Its Impact on Israeli State-Building
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Lesson 10: From Lebanon to Camp David and Back Again: The Peace Accords and Israeli Interventionism
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Lesson 11: The Oslo Accords and Beyond: Arab-Israeli Negotiations
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Final Exam Announcement
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