Middle Eastern history

A conceptually rich, historically informed study of the contested politics emerging out of decades of authoritarian neoliberalism in Egypt.

Explores Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel during the critical period between 1945 and the late 1950s.

How can we understand the remarkable success of the Assyrian Empire?

Explores the formation of power during secondary polity formation by integrating multifaceted ceramic and material analyses of Gordion.

A reinterpretation of how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and discharged its defence obligations in the Gulf before 1971.

An examination of how Iran''s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) view their history and their roles in the Iran-Iraq War.

The fourth edition of this award-winning account of the conflict between Israel and Palestine for students and general readers.

An insider''s look at the role international law plays in Arab-Israeli negotiations in the Middle East.

An urban history of Jeddah from the late Ottoman period to the present day, seen through its diverse and changing population.

A reinterpretation of how Britain maintained order, protected its interests and discharged its defence obligations in the Gulf before 1971.

Reveals how an aesthetic of wonder underlay the classical Arabic treatments of poetry, the Quran, and Aristotelian poetics.

Explores Jewish emigration from Palestine and Israel during the critical period between 1945 and the late 1950s.

Focuses on the economic history of the community of Rome from the Iron Age to the early Republic.

Focuses on the economic history of the community of Rome from the Iron Age to the early Republic.

The first book to examine the interwar period origins of the present-day Arab-Iranian conflict.

The first full-length study to examine the significance of the critical but neglected Iranian organization and ministry, Reconstruction Jihad.

An urban history of Jeddah from the late Ottoman period to the present day, seen through its diverse and changing population.

The first book to examine the interwar period origins of the present-day Arab-Iranian conflict.

An examination of how Iran''s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) view their history and their roles in the Iran-Iraq War.

This ground-breaking volume pushes back conventional dating of the earliest sedentarisation, urbanisation and state formation in the Sahara.

Explores the formation of power during secondary polity formation by integrating multifaceted ceramic and material analyses of Gordion.

This ground-breaking volume pushes back conventional dating of the earliest sedentarisation, urbanisation and state formation in the Sahara.

Explains the trajectory of Turkish foreign policy behavior vis-à-vis the West, identifying the major factors behind intra-alliance opposition.

Explains the trajectory of Turkish foreign policy behavior vis-à-vis the West, identifying the major factors behind intra-alliance opposition.

An up-to-date, systematic depiction of Bronze Age societies of the Levant, their evolution, and their interactions and entanglements with neighboring regions.

Examines the ''Nahda'', a cultural renaissance in the Arab world, through the utopian visions of Arab intellectuals during the nineteenth century.

Revealing how the one community of the faith in the Qur''an, the umma, affects competing politics of identity in the Muslim world.

Explores how a new conception of kingship helped transform the Ottoman Empire, from regional dynastic sultanate to global empire.

Offers a new way of understanding classical Islamic theories holding that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of norms.

This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence.

Explores the eleventh century Abbasid Empire and the intersection between politics, theology, and law in the thought of Abu Ma''ali al-Juwayni.

An introduction to the history of Iran since 1800, covering key events up to the current Islamic Republic.

Reveals how early Muslims devised and elaborated normative views concerning non-Muslim state officials at moments of intense competition.

An authoritative analysis of Iran''s defense doctrine and security policies set within the context of security and political relations in the Middle East.

An authoritative analysis of Iran''s defense doctrine and security policies set within the context of security and political relations in the Middle East.

Examining the emergence of a new generation of Palestinians in Israel and their political, social and religious transformations and empowerment.

This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence.

Mirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.

Offers a new way of understanding classical Islamic theories holding that divine revelation is necessary for the knowledge of norms.

Explores the eleventh century Abbasid Empire and the intersection between politics, theology, and law in the thought of Abu Ma''ali al-Juwayni.

An introduction to the history of Iran since 1800, covering key events up to the current Islamic Republic.

Israel''s Armor provides a foundational history of the Israel lobby and its influence on American foreign policy.

Reveals how early Muslims devised and elaborated normative views concerning non-Muslim state officials at moments of intense competition.

This pioneering research brings into focus the Islamic contribution and influence in the development of the modern law of the sea.

Examining the emergence of a new generation of Palestinians in Israel and their political, social and religious transformations and empowerment.

Mirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.

A rich and nuanced study of the Arabian Nights in world cultures, analysing the celebration, appropriation, and translation of the stories over time.

A lively discussion of the sexual life contained in the Arabian Nights, appealing to academics and general readers.

The most detailed glimpse to date of daily life in a small town at the end of the Roman Empire.

Examines the ''Nahda'', a cultural renaissance in the Arab world, through the utopian visions of Arab intellectuals during the nineteenth century.