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The Middle East

A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years

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An edition of The Middle East (1995)

The Middle East

A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years

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"As the Birthplace of three religions and many civilizations, the Middle East has for centuries been a center of knowledge and ideas, of techniques and commodities, and, at times, of military and political power. With the historical - and still growing - importance of the Middle East in modern politics, historian Bernard Lewis's cogent and scholary writing brings a wider understanding of the cultures of the region to a popular audience." "In this immensely readable and broad history, Lewis charts the successive transformations of the Middle East, beginning with the two great empires, the Roman and the Persian, whose disputes divided the region two thousand years ago; the development of monotheism and the growth of Christianity; the astonishingly rapid rise and spread of Islam over a vast area; the waves of invaders from the East and the Mongol hordes of Jengiz Khan; the rise of the Ottoman Turks in Anatolia, the Mamluks in Egypt and the Safavids in Iran; the peak and decline of the great Ottoman state; and the changing balance of power between the Muslim and Christian worlds." "Within this narrative, Lewis details the myriad forces that have shaped the history of the Middle East: the Islamic religion and legal system; the traditions of government; the immense variety of trade and the remarkably wide range of crops; the elites - military, commercial, religious, intellectual and artistic - and the commonalty, including such socially distinct groups as slaves, women and non-believers." "He finally weaves these threads together by looking at the pervasive impact in modern times of Western ideas and technology, and the responses and reactions they evoked. Rich with vivid detail and the knowledge of a great scholar, this brilliant survey of the history and civilizations of the Middle East reveals the huge Islamic contribution to European life, as well as the European contribution to the Islamic world."--BOOK JACKET.

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Scribner
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The Middle East
December 3, 2001, Weidenfeld & Nicholson history
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Mustaqbal al-sharq al-awsṭ: tanabūʾāt Birnārd Luwīs
2000, Riyāḍ al-Rayis
in Arabic
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The Middle East
August 7, 1997, Scribner
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Middle East
The Middle East: a brief history of the last 2,000 years
1997, Touchstone
in English - 1st Touchstone ed
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The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years
May 1, 1996, Scribner
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Middle East
The Middle East: 2000 years of history from the rise of Christianity to the present day
1995, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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DS62 .L594 1995

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Hardcover
Number of pages
448
Dimensions
9.6 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

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OL7721013M
Internet Archive
middleeastbriefh00lewi_374
ISBN 10
0684807122
ISBN 13
9780684807126
LCCN
96004384
OCLC/WorldCat
34190629
Library Thing
3006
Goodreads
882019

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