A brief history of Saudi Arabia
| 1. Verfasser: |
Wynbrandt, James
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
Facts On File,
2004.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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Table of contents |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Arabia: The land and its pre-Islamic history
- The birth of Islam (571-632)
- The Islamic Empire and Arabia (632-1258)
- The golden age of Islam (c. 750-1258)
- The Mamluks, Ottomans, and the Wahhabi-Al Saud alliance (1258-1745)
- The first Saudi state (1745-1818)
- Roots of modern Arabia (1818-1891)
- Unity and independence (1891-1932)
- Birth of a kingdom (1932-1953)
- A path to world power (1953-1973)
- Oil and arms (1973-1990)
- The Gulf crisis and its aftermath (1990-2001)
- The challenges ahead.
