Modern+Middle+East

Interaction between Humans and the Environment – Demography and disease, Migration, Patterns of settlement, Technology Development and Interaction of Cultures – Religions, Belief systems, Science and technology, The arts and architecture State-building, Expansion, and Conflict – Political structures and forms of governance, Empires, Nations and nationalism, Revolts and revolutions, Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems – Agricultural and pastoral production, Trade and commerce, Labor systems, Industrialization, Capitalism and socialism Development and Transformation of Social Structures – Gender roles and relations, Family and kinship, Racial and ethnic constructions, Social and economic classes