Kate in Arabia Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I've been working on our supplemental list for this coming school year, I'm listing it below in the hopes that a) it may be of benefit to someone and b ) someone may have suggestions for things to include. We have a few chapters to finish up from last year, so there are some repeats at the beginning of the list from last year. Looking back now that I've typed it all as a list (and not in the individual lessons), it looks like a lot. It is a lot. With the vast majority we read selections, and depending on how we get along I may set aside some. Last year I felt this course was one of our best, and part of that success was, imo, that I took a lower key attitude with some of the extra readings in an attempt to get ds to really "own" the sources, and not be over-focused with making it an "assignment", kwim? I look forward to any comments/suggestions! :) 1. Safaranama, Nasir Khusraw (tr. Thackston) 2. The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, Ferdowsi, tr. Dick Davis 3. Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs (P. Walker) 4. Taghribat Bani Hilal 5. Anthology of Ismaili Literature 6. The Travels of ibn Jubayr, Broadhurst 7. The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades, Usamah ibn Munqidh (tr. Paul Cobb) 8. El Cid 9. Qissat Bayad wa Riyad 10. The Secret History of the Mongols, Paul Kahn 11. Omar Khayyam 12. lectures on al-Ghazali 13. Rumi 14. The Bezels of Wisdom, ibn al-Arabi 15. Hayy ibn Yaqzan, Philosophus Autodidactus (ibn Tufayl) 16. Al-Risalah al-Kamiliyyah, Theologus Autodidactus (ibn al-Nafis) 17. Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde, Deweese 18. "History's Hinge: Ain Jalut", Aramco World, vol 58 #4 Jul-Aug 2007 19. Sirat Baybars, The Romance of Baybars 20. The Travels of Marco Polo, ed. Peter Harris 21. The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, HM Elliot 22. Selected Poems, Amir Khusrau 23. Rihla, ibn Battuta 24. al-Muqaddimah, ibn Khaldun 25. Qasida al-Burda, al-Basiri 26. Ottoman Lyric Poetry, Kalpakli 27. An Ottoman Traveller: Selections from the Book of Travels of Evliya Celebi, Dankoff 28. Realm of Prester John, Silverberg 29. One Thousand Roads to Mecca, Wolfe 30. Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources, Constable 31. Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean, Tinniswood 32. Azalai (movie) 33. The History of Timur-Bec, Sharaf al-Din 34. Persian Miniatures 35. Sultans of the South, Haidar 36. Mystical Dimensions of Islam, Schimmel 37. Baburnama (Thackston, tr.) 38. The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, Correa 39. Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice, Shaffer 40. Ying-Yai Sheng-Lang: Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores (Ma Huan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Kate, Thank you so much. I appreciate the wealth of new resources to explore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahrazad Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Mashaallah, that looks great. How old is the child you are using this for? I will be saving this for the future, inshaallah. :) Btw, wasn't there an IMAX movie (that is now available online) that might correspond with Ibn Battuta? Journey to Mecca or something? You may have already seen it though. I didn't watch it yet so I don't know whether it would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Ds will be a sophomore this year, 15-16 (December birthday). Last year we had a similar list, and were able to get to a fair amount but not all. My intention is for him to have at least three years of Middle Eastern studies to parallel world history. So we have a spine we read and then these supplemental readings. We covered most of the Medieval period last year (just happened to be where we were on the cycle), this year Renaissance and Early Modern, and next year Modern. I'm not sure what we'll do senior year yet. History-wise he'll be needing to do a year of US history, so... About the IMAX movie, it ran for while.. They had a special showing in Abu Dhabi I remember. There is the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai which we've been to several times -- it has separate sections that are designed with motifs from the different countries/areas he visited, and there are cultural and scientific displays spread throughout (like a case with astrolabes and other navigating equipment, and a display about Cheng Ho). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta_Mall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieInChocolate Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hi Kate, Any chance you still have the list of resources you used for Medieval period? I recenctly decided to switch my 8th grader to the same history cycle as my 4th grader, so now need to find all new literature resources for his level. ugh! I really love to research and plan, but just do. not. have. the. time. You've done such a great job, thought I might pick your brain a bit. :drool: It seems like some of those listed above would be useable for the time period and easy enough for me to find here, any other suggestions? And thanks again for taking the t to pimeost so much of your hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Hi Jamie, here's a link to the discussion of the medieval list I used: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/414428-resourcessupplemental-reading-for-middle-eastern-history-crosspost/ hth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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