/ TThis course focuses on the lives and legends of two charismatic figures of the 19th century – Charles G. Gordon, the Victorian martyr-hero and Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, the Sudanese holy man and revolutionary. After considering the ideals that each man died trying to uphold, students examine a variety of accounts of their lives in an attempt to understand the cultures that created these men and the discipline of history that explains them. Fall semester, alternate years.
Grade Basis: Letter Grade
Credits: 4.0
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