Middle Eastern history

Reaching beyond sensational headlines, Land of the Unconquerable at last offers a three-dimensional portrait of Afghan women.

Syria is now one of the most important countries in the world for the documentary film industry.

A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign policies.

In August 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces boldly invaded and occupied neighboring Kuwait.

Living continuously in Iran for over 2700 years, Jews have played an integral role in the history of the country.

Combining vast erudition with a refusal to bow before the political pressures of the day, Muhammad's Mission: Religion, Politics, and Power at the Birth of Islam by Professor Tilman Nagel, one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, is an introduction to three inseparable topics: the life of Muhammad (570-632 CE), the composition of the Koran, and the birth of Islam.

The Invention of the Eastern Question recounts the gripping and dramatic history of how the Russian Empire's invasion of Ottoman Crimea reshaped global politics at the dawn of the nineteenth century.

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The book examines the birth, development, and mode of operation of the Hebrew popular press that progressed in Ottoman Palestine between 1884 and the eruption of World War I in 1914.

'So we left without glory but without disaster ' Sir Humphrey Trevelyan, the last High Commissioner of the Federation of South ArabiaIn 1967, 139 years after their arrival in Aden, the British withdrew from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

The Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the word of God, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago.

Explaining state-building failures in Lebanon during the 20th century, this book looks at the relationship between legitimacy and stability in the country since the creation of the state in 1920.

Argentina lies at the heart of the American hemisphere's history of global migration booms of the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century: by 1910, one of every three Argentine residents was an immigrant-twice the demographic impact that the United States experienced in the boom period.

Lebanon is a country whose domestic politics have, even more than others in the region, been at the mercy of changes on the international stage.

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insightful study of the inner life of the Zionist leader responsible for the creation of the state of Israel David Ben-Gurion cast a great shadow during his lifetime, and his legacy continues to be sharply debated to this day.

The Qur'an with Cross-References provides for nearly every verse in the Qur'an a selection of other verses which shed light upon, clarify, or explain the verse you are reading.

For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W.

A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women''s participation in the process.

Decisions in Crisis: Israel, 1967 and 1973 explores the intricate dynamics of decision-making during two pivotal crises in Israeli history: the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

God's promise and timing have intersected in our day.

Anthony Tucker-Jones is only too familiar with the modern architects of terror.

A comprehensive analysis on the development of Egyptian urbanism during the Third Intermediate Period (1076–664 BCE).

The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.

Few cities around the world transcend their physical boundaries the way Jerusalem does.

This book critically analyzes the Palestinian legal arguments against Israeli occupation and in favor of Palestinian statehood.

From ancient Mesopotamia into the 20th century, "e;the Circle of Justice"e; as a concept has pervaded Middle Eastern political thought and underpinned the exercise of power in the Middle East.

Few regions of the world are as politically turbulent as the Middle East, and nowhere is the potential for superpower conflict greater.

A timely and definitive narrative history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the Middle East.

How big is the threat posed by American ISIS supporters?

60 per cent of Jordanians are of Palestinian origin,a statistic which has propelled Jordan into the role of both player and pawn in regional issues such as the birth of the state of Israel,the prolonged Israel-Palestine conflict, the ascent and decline of Arab nationalism and the subsequent rise of political Islam and radicalism.

Staggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous-this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival.

The November 1970 coup that brought Hafiz al-Asad to power fundamentally transformed cultural production in Syria.

Caliphs and Merchants: Cities and Economies of Power in the Near East (700-950) offers fresh perspectives on the origins of the economic success of the early Islamic Caliphate, identifying a number of previously unnoticed or underplayed yet crucial developments, such as the changing conditions of labour, attitudes towards professional associations, and the interplay between the state, Islamic religious institutions, and the economy.

Reviving Phoenicia follows the social, intellectual and political development of the Phoenician myth of origin in Lebanon from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth.

Emerging in the early 1970s, the Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerrillas (OIPFG) became one of the most important secular leftist political organizations in Iran.

This book offers a new theoretical perspective on the thought of the great fifteenth-century Egyptian polymath, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d.

In this book, Martin Bunton focuses on the way in which the Palestine Mandate was part of a broader British imperial administration - a fact often masked by Jewish immigration and land purchase in Palestine.

This comprehensive study of Michael Psellos unravels the rich history of authorship, literature and self-representation in Byzantium.

This volume analyses the transformation of social sectarianism into political sectarianism across the Arab world.

In 1893, Said Jureidini, an Arabic-speaking Christian from the Ottoman Empire, experienced an evangelical conversion while attending the Chicago World's Fair.