A concise history of the Middle East /

A concise history of the Middle East /

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Main Author: Goldschmidt, Arthur, 1938- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Boulder : Westview Press, 1988.

Edition: 3rd ed., rev. and updated.

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Middle East > History.

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Call Number: DS62 .G64 1988

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Table of Contents:
  • The physical setting
  • The Middle East before Muhammad
  • The prophet of Mecca
  • What is Islam?
  • The early Arab conquests
  • The high caliphate
  • Shiites and Turks, crusaders and Mongols
  • Islamic civilization
  • Muslim empires in the gunpowder era
  • European interests and imperialism
  • Westernizing reform in the nineteenth century
  • The rise of nationalism
  • The roots of Arab bitterness
  • Modernizing rulers in the independent states
  • Egypt's struggle for independence
  • The contest for Palestine
  • Israel's rebirth and the Arab's reaction
  • From Suez to Aqaba
  • From June to October
  • The quest for peace
  • The reassertion of Islamic power.