Arthur Goldschmidt Jr., Ibrahim Al-Marashi

A Concise History of the Middle East (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this turbulent region. The twelfth edition has been fully revised to reflect the most recent events in, and concerns of, the region, including the presence of ISIS and other non-state actors, the civil wars in Syria and Yemen, and the refugee crisis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429850455
• Artikelnr.: 54183720

Autorenporträt

Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University. He is the author of Modern Egypt: The Formation of a Nation-State, and the recipient of the Amoco Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching and the 2000 Middle East Studies Association Mentoring Award.

Ibrahim Al-Marashi is Associate Professor of Middle East History at California State University, San Marcos. He is the co-author of Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History and The Modern History of Iraq, fourth edition, with Phebe Marr.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Middle East Before Muhammad 3. Muhammad and the Rise
of Islam 4. The Early Arab Conquests 5. The High Caliphate 6. The Rise of
the Shi'a and the Influx of the Turks 7. The Crusader and Mongol Invasions
8. Islamic Civilization 9. Firearms, Slaves, and Empires 10. European
Interests and Imperialism 11. Westernizing Reform in the Nineteenth Century
12. The Rise of Nationalism 13. The Roots of Arab Bitterness 14.
Modernizing Rulers in the Independent States 15. Egypt and the Fertile
Crescent Under European Control 16. The Contest for Palestine 17. Israel's
Rebirth and the Rise of Arab Nationalism 18. War and the Quest for Peace
19. Reassertion of Islamist Power 20. The 1991 Gulf War and the Peace
Process 21. The Post-9/11 Decade in the Middle East 22. In the Season of
Arab Discontent 23. The Regional Cold War in the Twenty-First Century
Appendix I Appendix II