Middle Eastern history

The first English-language translation of former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's penultimate book, published in Persian on the eve of the revolution that brought the downfall of the monarchy.

Here, Daniel Zisenwine looks at Tunisia under the rule of Ben Ali, from 1987 when he rose to power until the 2011 protests that led to his downfall.

Syrien, ein Land mit unerschöpflichem kulturellen Reichtum und faszinierender Ge-schichte, steht im Mittelpunkt dieser außergewöhnlichen Reise in die Vergangenheit.

This book is the essential guide to the extraordinarily complicated and developing situation in Israel/Palestine.

The book "Egyptian Institutes in Jerusalem" reviews how Jerusalem was, throughout Islamic history, an important destination for rulers and governors from Egypt, who sought to reconstruct it and establish scientific institutions, zawiyas, and schools.

As weavers, garment workers, and peddlers, Syrian immigrants in the Americas fed the early twentieth-century transnational textile trade.

As weavers, garment workers, and peddlers, Syrian immigrants in the Americas fed the early twentieth-century transnational textile trade.

In Those for Whom the Lamp Shines, Vince L.

For many Muslims, there is an inseparable connection between sound and meaning, particularly when it comes to Islamic verse and scripture.

Why did the place of formerly powerful Eurasian land empires, like that of Iran, change so dramatically in global affairs over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

After the outbreak of the 2011 Syrian War, a number Syrian-Armenians who had lived in the territory for generations, fled to the Republic of Armenia.

Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output.

This book examines the role of Europeans who settled in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 19th centuries and assumed Ottoman identity , be it by way of conversion to Islam and assimilating to the host society or by becoming loyal servants or subjects of the Ottoman state, identifying themselves as Ottomans, but retaining their faith.

Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output.

An award-winning journalist presents an even-handed, thoroughly researched examination of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and illustrates how a shocking yet little-known massacre one century ago in what was then Palestine became ground zero of a war that continues to devastate.

God is a God of love, justice, and peace.

This book examines the relationship between the rabbinate and politics in religious Zionism during the early years of the State of Israel.

This book provides an overview of social life in ancient Mesopotamia, bringing together leading experts to survey key social domains of daily life as well as major non-dominant social groups.

Sie waren mächtige Krieger, geschickte Reiter und meisterhafte Kunsthandwerker – die Skythen, das geheimnisvolle Reitervolk der eurasischen Steppen.

This book provides an overview of social life in ancient Mesopotamia, bringing together leading experts to survey key social domains of daily life as well as major non-dominant social groups.

Nicola Mesarite è protagonista di un momento di rottura per Bisanzio: il crollo dell’impero nelle mani dell’esercito della Quarta crociata (1204) e l’insediamento di un regime latino a Costantinopoli.

Contested City offers a history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops in 2011.

Contested City offers a history of state-society relations in Baghdad, exploring how city residents managed through periods of economic growth, sanctions, and war, from the oil boom of the 1950s through the withdrawal of US troops in 2011.

Herodes der Große – eine der schillerndsten und zugleich umstrittensten Figuren der An-tike.

As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for "e;peaceful partition"e; are doomed.

This book explores the decision by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 1924 to abolish the caliphate.