02627cam a22003614a 4500 14218765 BD-DhUL 20161124140420.0 060104s2006 ncub b 001 0 eng 2006000209 GBA645185 bnb 013460030 Uk 0786423560 (pbk.) 9780786423569 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocm62790383 DLC DLC BAKER C#P UKM UKM BD-DhUL pcc aw----- DS62 .F79 2006 956 22 Friedman, Saul S., 1937-2013. A history of the Middle East / Saul S. Friedman. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1981. xii, 341 p. : maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-334) and index. An introduction to the Middle East -- The dry land -- The blessings of oil -- The cradle of civilization -- Foundations of the Bible -- The origins of law and war -- Ancient Persia: stability through good government -- The age of wonder: Greeks, Romans, Carthaginians -- The Jews: historic roots and definitions -- The Jews and their culture -- Judaism and Christianity -- The Byzantine Empire -- The Arabs and their culture -- Muhammad -- The teachings of Islam -- The Islamic schism -- Expansion of Islam -- Al-amjad: the Abbasid Caliphate -- The Crusades -- Mamelukes, Mongols, and Delhi sultans -- The Ottomans -- Ottoman decline -- World War I -- Republican Turkey -- The renaissance of Arab nationalism -- Political Zionism -- The Middle East between World Wars -- World War II -- Postwar Palestine: two refugee questions -- Egypt: Nasser's philosophy of revolution -- Egypt: Sadat and Mubarak -- Israel and the Palestinians -- Lebanon: good intentions gone awry -- Modern Iran -- The radical Arab states -- The Middle East in the 21st century. "This history covers the Middle East from its ancient beginnings to the present. The Byzantine and Ottoman empires, which laid much of the framework for the region to move into the modern era, are covered in depth, as are World Wars I and II and the regional conflicts that inflame the Middle East of the 21st century"--Provided by publisher. Middle East History. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000209.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK yh59 2006-01-04 yh59 2006-01-04 aa19 2006-01-04 ps08 2006-06-16 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. sf30 2006-09-02 copy 2 added 129471 129471 0 0 ddc 0 956_000000000000000 0 NFIC 243643 DUL DUL GEN 2016-11-24 purchased 956 A213438 2016-11-24 2016-11-24 BK 0 0 ddc 0 956_000000000000000 0 243649 DUL DUL 2016-11-24 956 471433 2016-11-24 2016-11-24 BK 0 0 ddc 0 956_000000000000000 0 243651 DUL DUL 2016-11-24 956 5961 2016-11-24 2016-11-24 BK