Well, Dr. Berlinski, you've gone and done it again. I'm not going to be able to join your ME 201 course. One of the reasons I retired five years ago was so I would not have to get up at unreasonable hours like 0430. But I will be doing the readings and otherwise trying to follow along. ME 201 is where I would have started anyway. Dr. Finkel's introduction has already drawn me to the New Cambridge History of Islam https://archive.org/details/TheNewCambridgeHistoryOfIslamVolume1/The_New_Cambridge_History_of_Islam_Volume_1/mode/2up
and down the rabbit holes I go, trying to fill in the enormous gaps in my knowledge. Look forward to new recommendations.
https://aeon.co/essays/the-life-of-mishaqa-and-the-birth-of-arab-ottoman-modernity
Well, Dr. Berlinski, you've gone and done it again. I'm not going to be able to join your ME 201 course. One of the reasons I retired five years ago was so I would not have to get up at unreasonable hours like 0430. But I will be doing the readings and otherwise trying to follow along. ME 201 is where I would have started anyway. Dr. Finkel's introduction has already drawn me to the New Cambridge History of Islam https://archive.org/details/TheNewCambridgeHistoryOfIslamVolume1/The_New_Cambridge_History_of_Islam_Volume_1/mode/2up
and down the rabbit holes I go, trying to fill in the enormous gaps in my knowledge. Look forward to new recommendations.