A Concise History of the Middle East
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The classic, bestseller on the history of the Middle East by renowned scholars Arthur Goldschmidt and Lawrence Davidson, updated to reflect the latest scholarship and recent events in this turbulent region. Midwest Book Review A lively, involving text.
1 Introduction 12 The Middle East before Muhammad 133 The prophet of Mecca 254 What is Islam? 395 The early Arab conquests 496 The high caliphate 657 Shiites and Turks, crusaders and Mongols 818 Islamic civilization 999 Firearms, slaves, and empires 12110 European interests and imperialism 14711 Westernizing reform in the nineteenth century 15912 The rise of nationalism 17713 The roots of Arab bitterness 19714 Modernizing rulers in the independent states 21515 Egypt and the Fertile Crescent under European control 24316 The contest for Palestine 27117 Israel's rebirth and the rise of Arab nationalism 29318 War and the quest for peace 32719 The reassertion of Islamic power 36520 The Gulf War and the peace process 39721 The war on terrorism 421Chronology 455Glossary 471Bibliographic essay 503App Table 1 : basic statistics for Middle Eastern countries 534App Table 2 : how many Palestinians? 536Index 537
