Background of the Middle East /

Background of the Middle East /

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Main Author: Jäckh, Ernst (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [1952]

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Middle East.

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Call Number: DS62 .J4 1952

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Table of Contents:
  • Delimitation of the Middle East / Ernest Jackh
  • Statistical highlights / Harry W. Hazard
  • The geostrategic uniqueness of the Middle East / Ernest Jackh
  • Center of creation, radiation, and mediation / William S. Haas
  • Hebrew civilization / Salo W. Baron
  • Influence of Hellenism on the Middle East / André Michalopoulos
  • Rome and western Christianity ; Oriental Christianity ; Byzantium and eastern Christianity / Edgar Alexander
  • The birthplace of Islamic civilization / Arthur Jeffery
  • The Arab caliphate : its rise and decline / Philip K. Hitti
  • Rise of the Turkish empire / Zeki Validi Togan
  • European imperialism in the Middle East / Lewis V. Thomas
  • Russian messianism and the Middle East / Edgar Alexander
  • Nationalism / Hans Kohn
  • Social and economic problems / George Hakim
  • Petroleum
  • The United States and the Soviet Union in the Middle East / Harry N. Howard
  • The importance of the Mediterranean / William Reitzel
  • The law of the Near and Middle East / Joseph Schacht
  • The arts : reaction against Hellenism / Maurice S. Dimand
  • American archaeology in the Near and Middle East / Ann Perkins.