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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-397) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0802145779 9780802145772 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014319071 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization.<br/>Historia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East.<br/>Islamic countries--Civilization.<br/>Mellanostern.<br/>Islamic countries.<br/>Middle East.<br/>Países islámicos--Civilización.<br/>Medio Este.<br/>Islamiska länder.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Islam (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) History (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) Politics & government (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956 956