The Middle East
a brief history of the last 2000 years
Book - 1995
Charts the successive transformations of the Middle East; details the forces that have shaped the history of the region: the Islamic religion and legal system; the traditions of government; the immense variety of trade and the wide range of crops; the elites--military, commercial, religious, intellectual and artistic--and the commonality, including such socially distinct groups as slaves, women, and non-believers.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Middle East : |b a brief history of the last 2,000 years / |c Bernard Lewis. |
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| 300 | |a xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill., maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Published in paperback by Touchstone, 1997. | ||
| 520 | |a Charts the successive transformations of the Middle East; details the forces that have shaped the history of the region: the Islamic religion and legal system; the traditions of government; the immense variety of trade and the wide range of crops; the elites--military, commercial, religious, intellectual and artistic--and the commonality, including such socially distinct groups as slaves, women, and non-believers. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Antecedents -- Before Christianity -- Before Islam -- The dawn and noon of islam -- Origins -- The 'Abbasid caliphate -- The coming of the steppe peoples -- The Mongol aftermath -- The gunpowder empires -- Cross-sections -- The state -- The economy -- The elites -- The commonalty -- Religion and law -- Culture -- The challenge of modernity -- Challenge -- Change -- Response and reaction -- New ideas -- From war to war -- From freedom to freedom. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index. | ||
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