Middle Eastern history

Oman was ruled by the Al Bu Sa'id for 250 years, and during this period the fortunes of the state varied considerably.

Britain's Levantine Empire, 1914-1923 explains the rise and decline and nature and extent of British military rule in the urban eastern Mediterranean during the course of the First World War and its aftermath.

An examination of the Israeli regime, looking at its diverse aspects in order to explore its democratic nature – or otherwise.

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In Uzbekistan, Central Asia's most populous country, Islam has been an ever-present factor in the lives of its people and a contentious force for political officials trying to build a secular and authoritarian government.

Mustafa Kemal Atat rk was one of the most significant political leaders of the twentieth century.

Since the founding of the Zionist movement until today, the question of the relationship between church and state in Israel remains unresolved, resulting in a continuous legal and social conflict among Israelis.

This book provides an historical overview of Palestine's Christian communities and their role in the Palestinian nationalist movement during the late Ottoman and British mandatory periods.

Britain's Levantine Empire, 1914-1923 explains the rise and decline and nature and extent of British military rule in the urban eastern Mediterranean during the course of the First World War and its aftermath.

Orthodox Christians, as well as other non-Muslims of the Ottoman Empire, have long been treated as insular and homogenous entities, distinctly different and separate from the rest of the Ottoman world.

From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose.

Die byzantinische Literatur ist außerhalb eines engen Kreises von Spezialisten bisher weitgehend unbekannt geblieben.

Die Aufsatzsammlung zur Literar- und Redaktionsgeschichte der Bücher Genesis bis Josua bietet programmatisch forschungsgeschichtlich und einzelexegetisch orientierte Beiträge, die die Problematik der Jahwistenhypothese aufzeigen und neue Wege zu einer redaktionsgeschichtlichen Interpretation des literarischen Befundes im Hexateuch, zumal in seinen nichtpriesterschriftlichen Teilen, beschreiten.

Were oil supplies everlasting and the demand for oil strong and continuous, economic diversification in the Gulf would be pointless.

Durante mucho tiempo, el Imperio otomano ha sido visto como la antítesis de Occidente, islámico y asiático uno, cristiano y europeo el otro.

Our Promised Land takes readers inside radical Israeli settlements to explore how they were formed, what the people in them believe, and their role in the Middle East today.

What does revolution mean in the Middle East?

The first full account of the medieval struggle for Jerusalem, from the seventh to the thirteenth century The history of Jerusalem is one of conflict, faith, and empire.

What we understand by the 'Middle East' has changed over time and across space.

An American Muslim Guide to the Art and Life of Preaching explores the art and craft of creating effective Islamic sermons and delivering them with care, passion, and integrity.

Since the fall of Bagdad, women's voices have been largely erased, but four months after Saddam Hussein's statue fell, a 24 year-old woman from Baghdad began blogging.

An accessible introduction to the processes which shape politics and economics in contemporary Turkey.

Lebanon's significance to the Middle East and the global arena is greater than its small size suggests - bordering Israel and Syria, it holds a geo-strategic role as the playing field for their competition as well as for their allies, America and Iran.

The 'Syria idea' emerged in the nineteenth century as a concept of national awakening superseding both Arab nationalism and separatist currents.

Between the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Nayra Atiya gathered the oral histories of five Egyptian men: a fisherman, an attorney, a scholar, a business- man, and a production manager.

A groundbreaking assessment of the life and ideology of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, one of the most influential radical Muslim thinkers alive today.

The Library of Ancient Wisdom 'pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so tablets in Ashurbanipal's library.

This well-balanced reference on ancient Persia demonstrates the region's contributions to the growth and development of human civilization from the 7th century BCE through the fall of the Persian Sasanian Empire in 651CE.

The purpose of this study, first published in 1985, was to investigate the management practices of the Kuwait City Park System and the relationship of these practices to user satisfaction.

An insider's analysis of the Arab-Israeli conflict and peace process.

The eighteen essays in this volume cover a wide range of material and reevaluate women's studies and Middle Eastern studies, Muslim women and the Shari'a courts, the Ottoman household, Dhimmi communities, children and family law, morality, and violence.

This well-balanced reference on ancient Persia demonstrates the region's contributions to the growth and development of human civilization from the 7th century BCE through the fall of the Persian Sasanian Empire in 651CE.

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

This book, first published in 1932, conducts a thorough survey of the modern state of Turkey as it stood in the period between the wars.

Examines Israel and its policing of minorities through the perceptions and experiences of four distinct minority groups.

British post-imperial decline has been much examined.

This nine volume set provides an overview of many aspects of Middle Eastern language and literature.

When Basher al-Asad became President of Syria in June 2000, he had a tough act to follow.

Arab debates about the critical relationship between religion and modernity began in the early nineteenth century.

Most of our information about Herod the Great derives from the accounts found in Josephus' Jewish War and Jewish Antiquities.

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Saudi Arabia is generally and justifiably viewed as a country with some of the fewest democratic institutions and the weakest traditions of pluralism.