A survey of Middle Eastern history from the rise of the Safavid Empire in Iran and the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk Empire until the French occupation of Egypt and the first Ottoman attempts at modernizing reform.

Prerequisites: History 46A or 46B or MES 45 or upper-division standing.

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
Adam Sabra
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HIST 145C Sabra A A Winter 2025 Total: 35
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145A . 2 Months Ago

I really enjoyed his class. He is a super nice guy, Super knowledgeable this class consisted of three essays Worth 25% of your grade each and the remaining 25% as participation. The essays were super easy and he gives 3-day extensions on them just in case, without penalty. this class is Super Easy A just show up

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HIST46 . 4 Months Ago

Not a hard class, since it's graded by 25% for each of section attendance, midterm 1, 2, and the final. All of these are essays so there's no stress when it comes to taking a test, and you don't need to know anywhere close to 100% of the material he goes over in the lectures. Often boring and overly information heavy, but he's nice and knowledgable

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HIST46 . 6 Months Ago

This class is just really boring, frankly. He reads off powerpoint slides and some lectures feel like Wikipedia summaries. He's a surprisingly tough grader too, I had my grade dragged down by an endless number of meaningless nitpicks on essays. But even past that, I just don't feel I learned much with him.

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HIST46 . 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Very interesting class overall. Textbook and lectures line up pretty well, lectures are interesting but not necessary. 2 papers and take home final, all very easy. Class content was taught well and easy to understand if you payed attention.

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HIST46 . 2 Years Ago

Sabra is an okay professor, that about sums it up. His lectures are boring but he delivers the content clearly, and attendance is not mandatory. He is flexible with extensions on papers. I would not consider this class easy but it isn't hard either. If you have to take this class, it'll be fine. If you don't need to take it, then maybe don't.

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145A . 3 Years Ago

I took Hist 145C with Prof. Sabra and it was clear he had an in-depth understanding of the topic. He's a very nice guy and accommodating. As a history major, I enjoyed the class and had a pretty easy time on the essays. The lectures were fast and full of exposition but that teaching style was perfect for me. I would recommend!

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