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EAST 255. Modern Japanese History. 1 Credit.

Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:3
Japan from a few hundred samurai-ruled domains loosely held together by a shogun to a bureaucratic modern nation-state in service to an emperor: small wars won, expansive empire gained, cosmopolitan cities built, and a big war lost. Crosslisted as HIST 296.

HIST 255. Under Siege: The Modern Middle East 1914-2014. 1 Credit.

Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course surveys the history of the modern Middle East from the outbreak of WWI to aftermath of the Arab revolutions of 2011.