A history of the Middle East

1. Verfasser: Friedmann, Saul S. 1937-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006.
Umfang/Format: XII, 341 p. : maps ; 26 cm.
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Inhaltsangabe:
  • An introduction to the Middle East
  • The dry land
  • The blessings of oil
  • The cradle of civilization
  • Foundations of the Bible
  • The origins of law and war
  • Ancient Persia: stability through good government
  • The age of wonder: Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians
  • The Jews: historic roots and definitions
  • The Jews and their culture
  • Judaism and Christianity
  • The Byzantine Empire
  • The Arabs and their culture
  • Muhammad
  • The teachings of Islam
  • The Islamic schism
  • Expansion of Islam
  • Al-amjad: the Abbasid Caliphate
  • The Crusades
  • Mamelukes, Mongols, and Delhi sultans
  • The Ottomans
  • Ottoman decline
  • World War I
  • Republican Turkey
  • The renaissance of Arab nationalism
  • Political Zionism
  • The Middle East between World Wars
  • World War II
  • Postwar Palestine: two refugee questions
  • Egypt: Nasser's philosophy of revolution
  • Egypt: Sadat and Mubarak
  • Israel and the Palestinians
  • Lebanon: good intentions gone awry
  • Modern Iran
  • The radical Arab states
  • The Middle East in the 21st century.