Middle East

Name: Middle East
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ISBN: 9780684832807

ISBN-10: 0684832801

ISBN-13: 9780684832807

Edition: 1997

Authors: Bernard Lewis, Bernard Lewis

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In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it. Elegantly sritten, scholarly yet accessible,The Middle Eastis the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the world's foremost authority on the Middle East.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 8/7/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Maps


List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



Before Christianity



Before Islam



Origins



The 'Abbasid Caliphate



The Coming of the Steppe Peoples



The Mongol Aftermath



The Gunpowder Empires



The State



The Economy



The Elites



The Commonalty



Religion and Law



Culture



Challenge



Change



Response and Reaction



New Ideas



From War to War



From Freedom to Freedom


Notes


Bibliographical Note


Note on Calendars


Chronology


Maps


Index