Politics of the Middle East Cultures and Conflicts

Name: Politics of the Middle East Cultures and Conflicts
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ISBN: 9780131594241

ISBN-10: 0131594249

ISBN-13: 9780131594241

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Michael G. Roskin, James J. Coyle

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An introduction to the Middle East, provides an overview of the history, geography, cultures, and religions and leads up the regions twenty-first century conflicts, including the Iraq War. With its emphasis on basic concepts and vocabulary, and it use of illustrative case studies,Politics of the Middle Eastprovides an exciting tool for the basic understanding of this very complex region.This comprehensive book covers cultures and history of the ancients, the birth of Islam, and the Ottoman Empire; Arab-Israeli conflicts and their origins; Turkey and the Kurds; the Persian Gulf and the rise of the oil kingdoms, the Iranian revolution, and the first and second Gulf Wars; and Middle Eastern…

Book details

List price: $153.32
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 5/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.90" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English




Cultures



Civilization and Its Cradle


The Lay of the Land


The Importance of the Spoken Word


Shared Cultural Characteristics


The Ancients and Their Conflicts


The European Empires


Conclusions


Key Terms


Further Reference



The Birth of Islam


Muhammad


Muhammads Role


Birth of Shiism


The Choice of the Caliphs


The Umayyads


ROSKMF00_0131594249.QXP 4/26/07 11:35 AM Page iii iv Contents The Abbasids


The Abbasid Caliphate


Challenges to Orthodoxy


The End of the Arab Empire


The Fatimids


The Mamluks


Iranian Dynasties


Conclusions


Key Terms


Further Reference



The Ottoman Empire


The Ottomans


The Janissaries


The Reign of Sulayman


Ottoman Succession


Economic Decline


The Sick Man of Europe


Military Reform


The Tanzimat


The Committee of Union and Progress


World War I


Conclusions


Key Terms


Further Reference



ARAB-ISRAELI Conflicts



Origins of the ISRAEL-Palestine War


Kingdoms and Conquests


The Long Diaspora


The Rise of Modern Zionism


ROSKMF00_0131594249.QXP 4/26/07 11:35 AM Page iv Contents v The Rise of Arab Nationalism


The Impact of World War I


The Mandate


The First Arab-Jewish Clashes


Conclusions


Key Terms


Further Reference