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The Great War for civilisation The Great War for civilisation Robert Fisk During the thirty years that award-winning journalist Robert Fisk has been reporting on the Middle East, he has covered every major event in the region, from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Rev… OL13660347W
The Crusades The Crusades Thomas Asbridge From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most authoritative, readable single-volume historyof the brutal struggle for the Holy Land.Nine hundred years … OL14936405W
Mesopotamia, Iraq in ancient times Mesopotamia, Iraq in ancient times Peter Chrisp Shows in simple graphic terms how ancient buildings and objects were actually used, and provides examples of numerous everyday objects. First cultivated by the Sumerians, who were replaced by the Ass… OL15796858W
The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean Roni Ellenblum "As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic … OL16547157W
Kurrachee, past, present and future Kurrachee, past, present and future Alexander F. Baillie Includes an introd. to 1997 ed. by Yasmeen Lari. OL1778427W
Conflict in the Middle East Conflict in the Middle East David Abbott "This high-interest series, aimed at reluctant readers, looks at secret campaigns behind the major conflicts of the past 100 years. Biographical sidebars focus on heroic or notorious personalities. H… OL18017506W
The Middle East & South Asia The Middle East & South Asia Malcolm B. Russell This volume is designed to place in context the passionate controversies and emotional attachments of the two billion people who live, study, work, love, and die in the Middle East and South Asia. OL18188559W
A political chronology of the Middle East A political chronology of the Middle East Europa Publications Staff ix, 282 pages ; 24 cm OL18508938W
A companion to the history of the Middle East A companion to the history of the Middle East Youssef M. Choueiri xvii, 602 p. : 25 cm OL18771391W
Lawrence of Arabia's war Lawrence of Arabia's war Neil Faulkner Rarely is a book published that revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. This groundbreaking volume makes just such a contribution. Neil Faulkner draws… OL19667674W
The modern Middle East The modern Middle East James L. Gelvin Extensively revised and updated in the wake of the Arab uprisings, the changes that they fostered, and the fault lines that they exposed, the fourth edition of The modern Middle East : a history expl… OL19733629W
Arabs and Empires before Islam Arabs and Empires before Islam Greg Fisher "Illuminates the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam, collating nearly two hundred and fifty translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources. Drawn from a broad period b… OL19742364W
The age of jihad The age of jihad Patrick Cockburn,Patrick Cockburn "Presented in ... diary form, this substantial volume draws together a careful selection of Cockburn's writings from the frontlines of the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, intersperse… OL20037439W
Rage for Order Rage for Order Robert F. Worth 1 volume ; 20 cm OL20776872W
Colonial and Postcolonial Middle East Colonial and Postcolonial Middle East Bailey Maxim 1 online resource OL28382115W
The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates Hugh (Hugh N.) Kennedy "Dr. Kennedy gives a full and clear account of the Near East in the formative period of Islamic society. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, he goes on to examine the great Ar… OL3275653W
A history of the Middle East A history of the Middle East Mansfield, Peter " The definitive history of the Middle East, thoroughly revised and updated through 2012. One of the most crucial, volatile, and complex regions of the modern world, the Middle East has long confoun… OL4122778W
Ethnic nationalism and the fall of empires Ethnic nationalism and the fall of empires Aviel Roshwald Ethnic Nationalism and the Fall of Empire examines the critical dilemmas of nationalist politics in the first world war. The book focuses on a selection of case-studies drawn from events in the Habsb… OL4790605W
God's war God's war Christopher Tyerman The story of how a group of warriors, driven by faith, greed and wanderlust, carved out new Christian-ruled states in the Middle East is one of the most extraordinary of all epics. The crusaders' stu… OL619226W
The Formation of Islam The Formation of Islam Jonathan P. Berkey Jonathan Berkey's book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE. The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, … OL8324883W
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