The Middle East and Islamic world reader /
The Middle East and Islamic world reader /
edited by Marvin Gettleman and Stuart Schaar.
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- New York, NY : Grove Press, ©2012.
- xi, 411 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-397) and index.
Islamic beginnings: revelation, state building, and culture -- From the coming of steppe peoples to the age of gunpowder empires -- Contradictions of modernity: imperialism and social change -- The two world wars and their aftermaths -- Arabs and Zionists struggle over Palestine -- Geopolitics of oil and the Cold War conflict -- Ideologies, movements, and social trends -- 9/11: terrorism and wars, Arab citizens' revolt.
Traces the history of the core Islamic lands from their Golden Age to today, revealing the Muslim world's multi-faceted societies, political systems, key figures, and relationships with outside groups.
0802145779 9780802145772
2014319071
Civilization.
Historia.
Middle East.
Islamic countries--Civilization.
Mellanostern.
Islamic countries.
Middle East.
Países islámicos--Civilización.
Medio Este.
Islamiska länder.
Islam (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) History (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) Politics & government (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East)
956 956
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-397) and index.
Islamic beginnings: revelation, state building, and culture -- From the coming of steppe peoples to the age of gunpowder empires -- Contradictions of modernity: imperialism and social change -- The two world wars and their aftermaths -- Arabs and Zionists struggle over Palestine -- Geopolitics of oil and the Cold War conflict -- Ideologies, movements, and social trends -- 9/11: terrorism and wars, Arab citizens' revolt.
Traces the history of the core Islamic lands from their Golden Age to today, revealing the Muslim world's multi-faceted societies, political systems, key figures, and relationships with outside groups.
0802145779 9780802145772
2014319071
Civilization.
Historia.
Middle East.
Islamic countries--Civilization.
Mellanostern.
Islamic countries.
Middle East.
Países islámicos--Civilización.
Medio Este.
Islamiska länder.
Islam (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) History (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) Politics & government (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East)
956 956