Middle Eastern history

Focusing on the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interaction, this book provides a comprehensive analytical and theoretical survey of Iranian foreign relations in the Middle East from Antiquity until the Islamic Republic.

Produces a new picture of monastic economies in Egypt and Palestine using current research and crossing traditional disciplinary divides.

Winner of the L.

Winner of the L.

South Yemen was long a key spot in the strategic geography of the West.

The organized play of the pre-school child with a group of peers in an educational atmosphere is now recognised as an important element in child development.

Changes in economic and social conditions throughout the Middle East have been profound, and perhaps nowhere has this been more evident than in the field of urban development and town planning.

This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity.

The British became the dominant power in the Arab Gulf in the late eighteenth century.

In the nineteenth century, the political independence and stability of the Yemen were undermined by outside forces.

The British withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971 brought to an end the British Imperial era in the history of the Trucial States and marked the birth of the United Arab Emirates.

When this book was first published in 1958, Arabia was even then one of the least known corners of the globe.

The collapse of Souq Al-Manakh in Kuwait in August 1982 was the most spectacular financial crash of recent years.

This book, first published in 1988, compiles selected contributions to a symposium on 'The Gulf and the Arab World' held by the Centre for Arab Gulf Studies at Exeter University, UK, in July 1986.

The political, economic and social background to the Turkish and Middle Eastern scene is provided in this book, first published in 1964.

This new work presents a concise and accessible introduction to the Qur'an.

For many decades the Arab Gulf was considered to be a Western - particularly British - sphere of influence.

This book, first published in 1977, discusses the Muslim contribution to mathematics during the golden age of Muslim learning from the seventh to the thirteenth century.

This report, first published in 1985, was compiled by members of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) and is an interesting historical document.

China's foreign policy in the Arab world is important because it reflects China's general foreign policy.

This book presents some papers presented to a symposium on contemporary Yemen held in July 1983 by Exeter University's Centre for Arab Gulf Studies in collaboration with the Universities of Aden and San'a', and deals with history, internal and international politics, and administrative subjects.

The land question in Palestine evoked an unprecedented interest on the part of the Jewish public in the 1920s.

The resurgence of Palestinian nationalism in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war tended to overshadow the fact that Palestinian national consciousness is not a new phenomenon, but traces its origins back to the time when the first stirrings of nationalism were being felt in many parts of the under-developed world.

Saudi Arabia's strategic relations with the West involve clear and direct common strategic interests in the Gulf and in the Near East.

Saudi Arabia has undergone a rapid social and economic transformation.

The sharp increase in both the price of crude oil and resulting revenues to Saudi Arabia has seen the rapid growth of the kingdom's international trade and a large accumulation of financial assets.

The MERI Reports on the Middle East quickly established themselves as the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the state of affairs in the region.

Saudi Arabia is no longer regarded as quite the invincible pillar of Islam it so recently seemed.

This detailed study of the Egyptian economic and financial development, originally published in 1935, attempts to both present a clear understanding of the environmental factors of the monetary institutions and to trace the influence which these institutions have had upon the country's economic organisation.

The shock discovery of oil in the Gulf States thrust them from relative obscurity to the forefront of international finance and politics.

The Arab world increasingly falls into two divisions, the capital-poor and the capital-rich countries (where capital means, in essence, oil).

The Arab countries are increasingly recognising their importance as a regional economic grouping.

The organized play of the pre-school child with a group of peers in an educational atmosphere is now recognised as an important element in child development.

The political, economic and social background to the Turkish and Middle Eastern scene is provided in this book, first published in 1964.

Changes in economic and social conditions throughout the Middle East have been profound, and perhaps nowhere has this been more evident than in the field of urban development and town planning.

This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity.

The British became the dominant power in the Arab Gulf in the late eighteenth century.

In the nineteenth century, the political independence and stability of the Yemen were undermined by outside forces.

The British withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971 brought to an end the British Imperial era in the history of the Trucial States and marked the birth of the United Arab Emirates.

When this book was first published in 1958, Arabia was even then one of the least known corners of the globe.

The collapse of Souq Al-Manakh in Kuwait in August 1982 was the most spectacular financial crash of recent years.

This book, first published in 1988, compiles selected contributions to a symposium on 'The Gulf and the Arab World' held by the Centre for Arab Gulf Studies at Exeter University, UK, in July 1986.

For many decades the Arab Gulf was considered to be a Western - particularly British - sphere of influence.

This book, first published in 1977, discusses the Muslim contribution to mathematics during the golden age of Muslim learning from the seventh to the thirteenth century.

This report, first published in 1985, was compiled by members of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) and is an interesting historical document.

China's foreign policy in the Arab world is important because it reflects China's general foreign policy.

This book presents some papers presented to a symposium on contemporary Yemen held in July 1983 by Exeter University's Centre for Arab Gulf Studies in collaboration with the Universities of Aden and San'a', and deals with history, internal and international politics, and administrative subjects.

The land question in Palestine evoked an unprecedented interest on the part of the Jewish public in the 1920s.

The resurgence of Palestinian nationalism in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war tended to overshadow the fact that Palestinian national consciousness is not a new phenomenon, but traces its origins back to the time when the first stirrings of nationalism were being felt in many parts of the under-developed world.

Saudi Arabia's strategic relations with the West involve clear and direct common strategic interests in the Gulf and in the Near East.