A concise history of the Middle East /
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Language: English
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Boulder, Colo. : Cairo, Egypt :
Westview Press ; American University in Cairo Press,
1983.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
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Call Number: DS62 .G64 1983
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Physical Setting
- 2. The Middle East Before Muhammad
- 3. The Prophet of Mecca
- 4. What is Islam?
- 5. The Early Arab Conquests
- 6. The High Caliphate
- 7. Shi'is and Turks, Crusaders and Mongols
- 8. Islamic Civilization
- 9. The Gunpowder Empires
- 10. European Interests and Imperialism
- 11. Westernizing Reform in the Nineteenth Century
- 12. The Rise of Nationalism
- 13. The Roots of Arab Bitterness
- 14. Modernizing Rulers in the Independent States
- 15. Egypt's Struggle for Independence
- 16. The Contest for Palestine
- 17. Israel's Rebirth and the Rise of Arab's Reaction
- 18. From Suez to Aqaba
- 19. From June to October
- 20. The Quest for Peace
- 21. The Reassertion of Islamic Powers.