TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gettleman,Marvin E.
AU  - Schaar,Stuart
TI  - The Middle East and Islamic world reader
SN  - 0802145779
U1  - 956 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Grove Press
KW  - Civilization
KW  - fast
KW  - Historia
KW  - sao
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Mellanostern
KW  - Países islámicos
KW  - Civilización
KW  - Medio Este
KW  - Islamiska länder
KW  - Islam (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East)
KW  - History (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East)
KW  - Politics & government (Middle East, Africa, Africa, Middle East)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -