Course Objective:
(i) The learners will be acquainted with the Roman Empire and slave society as well as
the cultur and trade.
(ii) Economic development in Europe from 7th to 14th centuries covering production,
technological developments, growth of towns and trade.
Unit-1 Roman Republic
Participate and Empire and Slave society in ancient Rome: Agrarian economy,
Urbanization, Religion, Culture and Trade in Ancient Rome.
Unit-2 Crises of the Roman Empire
Unit-3 Economic developments in Europe from the 7th to the
14th centuries:
Organization of production, towns and trade, technological developments. Crisis of
Feudalism.
Unit-4 Religion and culture in medieval Europe:
Unit-5 Societies in Central Islamic Lands:
[a] The Tribal background, Ummah, Caliphate State; rise of Sultanates
[b] Religious developments: the origins of Shariah, Mihna, Sufism
[c] Urbanization and trade
Recommended Readings:
Perry Anderson, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism.
Marc Bloch, Feudal Society, 2 Vols.
Cambridge History of Islam, 2 Vols.
Georges Duby, The Early Growth of the European Economy.
Fontana, Economic History of Europe, Vol. I (relevant chapters).
P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs.
P. Garnsey and Saller, The Roman Empire.
S. Ameer Ali, The Spirit of Islam.
J. Barrowclough, The Medieval Papacy.
Encyclopedia of Islam, Ist ed., 4 vols.
M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam
(i) The learners will be acquainted with the Roman Empire and slave society as well as
the cultur and trade.
(ii) Economic development in Europe from 7th to 14th centuries covering production,
technological developments, growth of towns and trade.
Unit-1 Roman Republic
Participate and Empire and Slave society in ancient Rome: Agrarian economy,
Urbanization, Religion, Culture and Trade in Ancient Rome.
Unit-2 Crises of the Roman Empire
Unit-3 Economic developments in Europe from the 7th to the
14th centuries:
Organization of production, towns and trade, technological developments. Crisis of
Feudalism.
Unit-4 Religion and culture in medieval Europe:
Unit-5 Societies in Central Islamic Lands:
[a] The Tribal background, Ummah, Caliphate State; rise of Sultanates
[b] Religious developments: the origins of Shariah, Mihna, Sufism
[c] Urbanization and trade
Recommended Readings:
Perry Anderson, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism.
Marc Bloch, Feudal Society, 2 Vols.
Cambridge History of Islam, 2 Vols.
Georges Duby, The Early Growth of the European Economy.
Fontana, Economic History of Europe, Vol. I (relevant chapters).
P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs.
P. Garnsey and Saller, The Roman Empire.
S. Ameer Ali, The Spirit of Islam.
J. Barrowclough, The Medieval Papacy.
Encyclopedia of Islam, Ist ed., 4 vols.
M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam
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