| Description |
xx, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-500) and index. |
| Summary |
"Offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and Safavid empires through to the present-day protests and upheavals. The textbook focuses on Turkey, Iran, and the Arab countries of the Middle East, as well as topics often left out of Middle East history--such as the Balkans and the changing roles that Western forces have played in the region for centuries--to discuss the larger contexts and influences on the region's cultural and political development." --back cover. |
| Contents |
Prologue : Islam and the Prophet's successors -- Birth of empires : the Ottoman and Safavid Empires through the 18th century -- Reform and rebellion : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Qajar Iran in the 19th century -- Social transformations : workers and nationalists in Egypt, Mount Lebanon, and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century -- The Great War : Qajar Iran and the Ottoman Empire from revolution to World War I -- State formation and colonial control : Turkey, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Transjordan, and Saudi Arabia in the 1920s and 1930s -- Rebels and rogues : Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, and Israel -- Military coups : politics and violence : Iran, Turkey, and the Arab states, 1952-1980 -- Cold war battles : the Suez Crisis, Arab-Israeli conflicts, and the Lebanese civil war -- Rulers for life : state construction, consolidation, and collapse -- Upheaval : Islamism, invasion, and rebellion from the 1990s into the 21st century -- Epilogue : revolution, reaction, and civil war. |
| Subject |
Middle East -- History -- 1517- -- Textbooks.
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- Textbooks.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1517
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Textbooks. (OCoLC)fst01423863
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| ISBN |
9780804783248 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0804783241 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780804798754 |
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