Middle Eastern history

Republished in an English edition as the modern state of Israel prepares to celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2023, this book presents a history of Israel and Palestine up to the foundation of that modern state.

These twenty-three papers focus on recent research into the Upper Palaeolithic of the Levant, a murky period of human history (ca 45,000 to 20,000 years ago) during which modern patterns of human behaviour and communication became the norm.

A memoir of how a small number of British officers led Muslim soldiers in the hard-fought anti-insurgency war that has shaped today’s Gulf.

Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world.

Yemen, tucked into the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, has often escaped regional and international attention.

This book shows how the Arab-Israeli conflict developed by looking beyond the legality argument to the men behind the policies.

Focusing on the complicity of Israeli universities in maintaining the occupation of Palestine, and on the repression of academic and political freedom for Palestinians, Against Apartheid powerfully explains why scholars and students throughout the world should refuse to do business with Israeli institutions.

The Kurds constitute the largest stateless nation in the world.

The ';illuminating' (Los Angeles Times) answer to why Israel and Palestine's attempts at negotiation have failed and a practical, ';admirably measured' (The New York Times) roadmap for bringing peace to the Middle Eastby an impartial American diplomat experienced in solving international conflicts.

From its trendy urban centers to its ancient deserts, Israel's history is based on the rich heritage of traditions and contradictions.

The new edition of Colin Shindler''s history of Israel traces the nation''s developments from 1948 to the present day.

The challenge of maintaining dictatorial regimes through control, co-option and coercion while upholding a facade of legitimacy is something that has concerned leaders throughout the Middle East and beyond.

This book, first published in English in 1964, examines a wide range of topics concerning society in the Arab East.

Palestine for the Third Time is a book of reportage originally published in Poland in 1933 by Ksawery Pruszynski, a young reporter working for a Polish newspaper, who went to Mandate Palestine to see for himself whether the Zionist dream of returning to Eretz Yisrael had a chance of turning into reality.

First published in 1987 Bahrain provides a modern history of Bahrain from 1920-1945.

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During the early modern period Oman held a key position in the trade routes whereby the Muslim world dominated indigenous trade in the Indian Ocean.

Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Ottoman Empire is a tale of how women's triumphs as well as their failures shaped a global society-not despite, but because of, gender.

Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia examines the church architecture of Northern Mesopotamia between the fourth and eighth centuries.

Interest and fascination in Achaemenid Persia has burgeoned in recent years.

Why do the states of the Arab world seem so unstable?

The end of the Cold War ushered in a challenging new era for U.

This invaluable resource offers a comprehensive overview of the Iraq War, with more than 100 in-depth articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes and more than a dozen key primary source documents.

The attacks and blockade on Yemen by the Saudi-led multinational coalition have killed thousands and triggered humanitarian disaster.

In early 1946, Kurds declared an independent republic in north-west Iran.

This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b.

At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples.

The Sultan's Communists uncovers the history of Jewish radical involvement in Morocco's national liberation project and examines how Moroccan Jews envisioned themselves participating as citizens in a newly-independent Morocco.

A major result of the Second World War was the emergence of small states which vastly increased the membership of the international system.

Environmental factors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have played a crucial role in the historical and social development of the region.

"e;With passion and commitment,"e; an exiled Iraqi woman recounts her time organizing resistance to Saddam Hussein and imprisonment in Abu Ghraib (Nawal El Saadawi, author of Zeina).

In recent generations, the Muslim and Arab world has been suffused with publications on the subject of the People of Israel, its Torah, and this people's affinity to the Land of Israel.

The chapters in this volume examine facets in the drama of Jewish existence in the tumultuous years of the Twentieth Century and beyond.

In the wake of September 11th instant theories have emerged that try to root Osama Bin Laden's attacks on Wahhabism.

During the EOKA period of Greek Cypriot revolt against British colonial rule, the Greek Cypriots and the British deployed propaganda as a means of swaying allegiances, both within Cyprus and on the international scene.

A Moveable Empire examines the history of the Ottoman Empire through a new lens, focusing on the migrant groups that lived within its bounds and their changing relationship to the state's central authorities.

A cultural and political history of youth culture and youth-centric organizations in Lebanon from 1920–1958.

With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.

In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea.