The Middle East: A History
ISBN: 9780073385624 | 007338562X
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 1/6/2010
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Praised for its straightforward and accessible style, this text provides a general introduction to the chief elements in Middle Eastern history, allowing readers to proceed into more specialized topics and themes with a solid understanding of the most current scholarship in the field
Now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, The Middle East: A History has long been the standard introductory textbook in the field of Middle Eastern history. It is the most comprehensive one-volume treatment of Middle Eastern hi... MORE
Now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, The Middle East: A History has long been the standard introductory textbook in the field of Middle Eastern history. It is the most comprehensive one-volume treatment of Middle Eastern hi... MORE
| List of Maps | |
| List of Charts and Genealogies | |
| Preface to the Seventh Edition | |
| Preface to the First Edition | |
| Geographic Prologue | |
| Pre-Islamic Politics and Society in the Middle East | |
| Muhammad: His Life and Leadership | |
| The Establishment of the Muslim State | |
| The Spread and Organization of the Muslim Empire Under the Umayyads | ... MORE |
| The Flowering of the Muslim World Under the Early Abbasids | |
| Islam | |
| Muslim Theology and Law | |
| Muslim Civilization in the Middle East | |
| Social Patterns | |
| The Early Medieval Middle East | |
| The Late Medieval Middle East | |
| The Byzantine Empire | |
| Ottoman Origins and Early History | |
| The Winning of the Ottoman Empire | |
| Expansion of the Ottoman Empire | |
| Institutions of the Ottoman Empire | |
| The Ottoman Empire as a World Power | |
| The Flowering and Collapse of Safavid Iran | |
| The Transformation of the Ottoman Empire | |
| The Retreat of the Ottoman Empire Begins | |
| The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon | |
| Mahmud II: Greek Nationalism and Ottoman Reform | |
| Mehmet Ali, Ismail, and the Development of Egypt | |
| Ottoman Tanzimat and European Ambitions | |
| Abdulhamid II and Autocratic Reform | |
| The Young Turks and Nationalism | |
| British Occupation of Egypt and the Sudan | |
| Qajar Iran and Reform | |
| Iran's Constitutional Revolution | |
| Impact of World War I upon the Middle East | |
| The Turkish Republic Under Ataturk | |
| Iran Between the Two World Wars | |
| Egypt, the Sudan, and Libya | |
| Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq Under the Mandate System | |
| Palestine and Transjordan | |
| World War II and the Middle East | |
| Turkey from 1945 to 1980 | |
| Turkey Becomes More Democratic | |
| Iran: Oil, Nationalism, Royal Dictatorship, and Social Change | |
| The Islamic Republic of Iran | |
| Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Wars in Afghanistan | |
| The Partition of Palestine: Israel and Hashimite Jordan | |
| Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians After 1973 | |
| The Egyptian Republic and Independent Sudan | |
| Egypt, Sudan, and Libya Since 1970 | |
| Independent Lebanon and Syria | |
| Iraq After World War II | |
| Smaller Arabian States | |
| Saudi Arabia, Oil, and O.P.E.C | |
| Trends Since 1945 | |
| Glossary | |
| Chronology | |
| List of Websites | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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