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The Middle East as Seen Through Foreign Eyes

Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

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Recommended Readings & Audio Visual Titles

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

Bohrer, Frederick N. Orientalism and Visual Culture: Imagining Mesopotamia in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Gerstenblith, Patty. Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law: Cases and Materials. Carolina Academic Press, 2008. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

Herodotus. “The Histories.” Waterfield, Robin (Trans.). Oxford University Press, 1998. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

Larsen, Mogens Trolle. The Conquest of Assyria: Excavations in an Antique Land. London: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1996. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

FILMS & VIDEOS:

On Orientalism. (Part 1 of 4). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

On Orientalism. (Part 2 of 4). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

On Orientalism. (Part 3 of 4). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

On Orientalism. (Part 4 of 4). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 1 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 2 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 3 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 4 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 5 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 6 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 7 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 8 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 9 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross (Part 10 of 10). YouTube.com. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

SOUND FILES:

“The Song of Roland.” LibriVox. Internet Archive. Link to resourcenew window (accessed June 24, 2010).

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