Middle Eastern history

A new history of twentieth-century North Africa, that gives voice to the musicians who defined an era and the vibrant recording industry that carried their popular sounds from the colonial period through decolonization.

Landscape and animals have been fundamental elements of Turkish culture from the Ottomans to the present day.

Comprising a unique collection of primary sources, this book critically examines several topics relating to ancient Egypt that are of high interest to readers but about which misconceptions abound.

The Copts of Egypt, who consist of 10-15 per cent of the population, have traditionally been viewed as a 'beleaguered and persecuted minority'.

First published in 1981, Jerusalem provides an overview of the history of Jerusalem and its crucial linkage with the peace and stability in the Middle East.

Die weltweite Bedrohung durch religiös motivierten Terrorismus und Gewalt scheint größer zu sein als je zuvor.

A succinct and highly readable narrative of modern Iran from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Arabs and Empires before Islam illuminates the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam, collating nearly 250 translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources.

A valuable guide to a successful career as a statistician A Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers prepares readers for careers in statistics by emphasizing essential concepts and practices beyond the technical tools provided in standard courses and texts.

The great German theologian Albert Schweitzer famously drew a line under nineteenth-century historical Jesus research by showing that at the bottom of the well lay not the face of Joseph's son, but rather the features of all the New Testament scholars who had tried to reveal his elusive essence.

The Gulf War inflicted dramatic environmental damage upon the fragile desert and shore environments of Kuwait and north eastern Saudi Arabia.

Throughout modern-day Israel, over four hundred Palestinian villages were depopulated in the 1947-1949 war.

ISIS hat binnen weniger Wochen das erreicht, wovon Al-Qaida immer geträumt hat.

A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisionsHow did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century?

The Discovery of Iran examines the history of Iranian nationalism afresh through the life and work of Taghi Arani, the founder of Iran's first Marxist journal, Donya.

Throughout the 20th century, Egyptian nationalism has alternately revolved around three primary axes: a local Egyptian territorial nationalism, a sense of Arab ethnic-linguistic nationalism, and an identification with the wider Muslim community.

The pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, has been a yearly phenomenon of great importance in Muslim lands for well over one thousand years.

A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth-century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I, Safavid Ruler of Iran (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally important primary source for the history of the Middle East in the period.

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

After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, the situation on the ground in Palestine/Israel can only be described as a system of apartheid.

Political upheaval has marked Iran's history throughout the twentieth century.

This book examines the Russian explorers and officials in the nineteenth and early twentieth century who came into contact with Iran as a part of the Great Game.

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

This book is a convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World''s Ancient Languages.

In the 14th century BC the Hittites became the supreme political and military power in the Near East.

Since the beginning of his artistic career in 1959, Bahram Beyzaie's oeuvre has incorporated various aspects of Iranian, Euro-American, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian performance traditions and cinema.

Miller examines Britain and Japan's involvement in the Middle East peace process after the October War of 1973 and how it contributed to the resolution of the oil crisis of 1973-74.

Shenoute of Atripe and the Rise of Monastic Education in Egypt addresses the monastic teachings of Shenoute of Atripe, an Egyptian author and monastic leader of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, as well as the literary and cultural context of his teachings.

Did the Exodus occur?

This is the controversial history of the British government's involvement in the Zionist project, from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the present day.

This title provides a succinct, readable, and comprehensive treatment of how the Obama administration reacted to what was arguably the most difficult foreign policy challenge of its eight years in office: the Arab Spring.

This volume, first published in 1982, provides a comprehensive analysis of the problems affecting the interests of the Western Alliance (the North Americans, the Europeans and the Japanese), the Middle East states, and the Soviet Union.

A longitudinal history of Islamic child custody law, challenging Euro-American exceptionalism to reveal developments that considered the best interests of the child.

In this unique insight into the history and philosophy of mathematics and science in the mediaeval Arab world, the eminent scholar Roshdi Rashed illuminates the various historical, textual and epistemic threads that underpinned the history of Arabic mathematical and scientific knowledge up to the seventeenth century.

In 1924, the last caliphate-an Islamic state as envisioned by the Koran-was dismantled in Turkey.

The primary objective of this book is to unearth the Mosul Incident, place it in a historical narrative and introduce it to the literature.

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

Focused on three Egyptian revolutions-in 1919, 1952, and 2011-this edited book argues that each of these revolutions is a milestone which represents a meaningful turning point in modern Egyptian history.

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

In 1923, when the pioneer of feminist activism, Huda Shaarawi, removed her veil in Cairo's train station, she created what became a landmark (and much-copied) gesture for feminists throughout Egypt and the Middle East and cemented her status as one of the most important feminists in twentieth-century Egypt.

Luwian and the closely related Hittite are the oldest known languages of the Indo-European group.

Sketches on the Shores of the Caspian is the product of the author's journey through the Caspian region as part of an expedition headed by his cousin James Brant, the British Consul at Erzeroum.

This book offers a new interpretation of the rich narratives of Arab secularism, contending that secularism as a set of ideas and a social movement is destined to loom large on the political and legal horizon of most Arab states.