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A concise history of the Middle East
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English
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9780813311180
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9780813342757
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - Seventh edition, twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
What Is History? 1 --
Then and Now, There and Here 4 --
Physical Setting 6 --
Some Descriptive Geography 7 --
2 Middle East Before Muhammad 15 --
A Minimum of Antiquity 16 --
Persia and Rome 16 --
Arabs 21 --
3 Prophet of Mecca 29 --
Muhammad's Early Life 29 --
Emigration (Hijrah) 34 --
Assessment 40 --
4 What Is Islam? 43 --
Basic Beliefs 43 --
Five Pillars of Islam 46 --
5 Early Arab Conquests 51 --
Succession Issue 51 --
Initial Conquests 53 --
Beginnings of Islamic Government 55 --
Dissension in the Ummah 57 --
Changes in the Government of Islam 60 --
6 High Caliphate 67 --
Restoration of the Umayyad Order 68 --
Downfall of the Umayyads 72 --
Abbasid Caliphate 73 --
Decline of the Abbasids 79 --
7 Shi'is and Turks, Crusaders and Mongols 81 --
Shi'i Islam in Power 82 --
Turks 87 --
Crusades 92 --
Mongol Invasion 96 --
8 Islamic Civilization 99 --
Rules and Laws of Islam 100 --
Development of Jurisprudence 100 --
Islamic Society 106 --
Importance of Family Life 108 --
Intellectual Life 111 --
Theology 113 --
9 Firearms, Slaves, and Empires 119 --
Mamluks 120 --
Mongol Il-Khanids 124 --
Religious Issue 124 --
Gunpowder Technology 128 --
Ottoman Empire 129 --
Persia under the Safavids 142 --
10 European Interests and Imperialism 147 --
Ottoman Weakness 148 --
European Powers and the Eastern Question 150 --
11 Westernizing Reform in the Nineteenth Century 159 --
Egypt 161 --
Westernization of the Ottoman Empire 165 --
Persia under the Qajars 170 --
Some Afterthoughts 172 --
12 Rise of Nationalism 175 --
Egyptian Nationalism 177 --
Ottomanism, Pan-Islam, and Turkism 184 --
Nationalism in Persia 188 --
13 Roots of Arab Bitterness 193 --
Arab Nationalism 193 --
World War I 200 --
Postwar Peace Settlement 206 --
14 Modernizing Rulers in the Independent States 211 --
Turkey: Phoenix from the Ashes 212 --
From Persia to Iran 223 --
Rise of Saudi Arabia 230 --
15 Egypt's Struggle for Independence 239 --
Britain's Role in Egypt 239 --
Egyptian Revolution 252 --
A Strange Ending 255 --
16 Contest for Palestine 257 --
Origins 257 --
Beginnings of Political Zionism 261 --
Britain and the Palestine Problem 265 --
17 Israel's Rebirth and the Rise of Arab Nationalism 279 --
Israel's War for Independence 280 --
War's Aftermath 284 --
Arab Countries 287 --
Israel's Early Years 245 --
Middle Eastern Oil 249 --
Great Powers and the Arab World 300 --
18 War and the Quest for Peace 317 --
June 1967 War 318 --
Palestinians 323 --
Abortive Peace Efforts 325 --
Political Changes: 1967-1970 327 --
Danger Signs in the Middle East 333 --
October (Yom Kippur) War 337 --
War's Aftermath 340 --
Lebanon: The Arena for a New Arab Struggle 345 --
Road to Camp David 348 --
19 Reassertion of Islamic Power 355 --
Prefatory Remarks on Islam and Politics 357 --
Iranian Revolution 358 --
Struggle for Gulf Supremacy 367 --
Retreat from Camp David 371 --
Western Policy Formation and Islamic Polity 382 --
20 Gulf War and the Peace Proces 385 --
Present in Historical Perspective 386 --
Gulf War 386 --
Operation Desert Storm 393 --
Palestinians and the Peace Process 395 --
Whither Islam? 404 --
A Parting Message 406.
From the Book - Regular Print - Eighth edition.
What Is History 2 --
Then and Now, There and Here 5 --
Physical Setting 6 --
Some Descriptive Geography 7 --
2 Middle East Before Muhammad 15 --
A Minimum of Antiquity 16 --
Persia and Rome 16 --
Arabs 21 --
3 Prophet of Mecca 29 --
Muhammad's Early Life 29 --
Emigration (Hijra) 34 --
Aisha Bint Abi-Bakr 39 --
Assessment 41 --
4 What Is Islam? 43 --
Basic Beliefs 43 --
Five Pillars of Islam 46 --
Other Duties and Prohibitions 49 --
5 Early Arab Conquests 53 --
Succession Issue 53 --
Initial Conquests 55 --
Beginnings of Islamic Government 57 --
Dissension in the Umma 59 --
Changes in the Government of Islam 62 --
Mu'awiya Ibn-abi-Sufyan 63 --
6 High Caliphate 71 --
Restoration of the Umayyad Order 72 --
Downfall of the Umayyads 76 --
Abbasid Caliphate 77 --
Al-Mamun 83 --
Decline of the Abbasids 84 --
7 Shi'is and Turks, Crusaders and Mongols 87 --
Shi'i Islam in Power 88 --
Turks 94 --
Crusades 98 --
Mongol Invasion 101 --
Hulegu Khan 103 --
8 Islamic Civilization 107 --
Rules and Laws of Islam 108 --
Development of Jurisprudence 108 --
Islamic Society 114 --
Importance of Family Life 116 --
Intellectual Life 119 --
Theology 123 --
Ahmad ibn Hanbal 125 --
9 Firearms, Slaves, and Empires 129 --
Mamluks 130 --
Mongol Il-Khanids 134 --
Gunpowder Technology 137 --
Ottoman Empire 138 --
Orhan 142 --
Persia Under the Safavids 152 --
10 European Interests and Imperialism 157 --
Ottoman Weakness 157 --
European Powers and the Eastern Question 159 --
Koprulu Family of Viziers 160 --
11 Westernizing Reform in the Nineteenth Century 169 --
Egypt 170 --
Westernization of the Ottoman Empire 175 --
Mustafa Reshid Pasha 179 --
Persia Under the Qajars 180 --
Some Afterthoughts 182 --
12 Rise of Nationalism 185 --
Egyptian Nationalism 187 --
Ahmad Urabi 192 --
Ottomanism, Pan-Islam, and Turkism 195 --
Nationalism in Persia 198 --
13 Roots of Arab Bitterness 203 --
Arab Nationalism 203 --
World War I 209 --
Faysal ibn al Husayn 214 --
Postwar Peace Settlement 216 --
14 Modernizing Rulers in the Independent States 223 --
Turkey: Phoenix from the Ashes 224 --
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 233 --
From Persia to Iran 235 --
Rise of Saudi Arabia 242 --
15 Egypt's Struggle for Independence 251 --
Britain's Role in Egypt 251 --
King Faruq 261 --
Egyptian Revolution 263 --
A Strange Ending 267 --
16 Contest for Palestine 269 --
Origins 269 --
Beginnings of Political Zionism 273 --
Britain and the Palestine Problem 277 --
Amin al-Husayni 282 --
17 Israel's Rebirth and the Rise of Arab Nationalism 291 --
Israel's War for Independence 292 --
War's Aftermath 295 --
Arab Countries 298 --
Israel's Early Years 306 --
David Ben-Gurion 309 --
Middle Eastern Oil 311 --
Great Powers and the Arab World 312 --
18 War and the Quest for Peace 329 --
June 1967 War 330 --
Palestinians as a Political Force 335 --
Aborative Peace Efforts 337 --
Political Changes: 1967-1970 339 --
Danger Signs in the Middle East 344 --
October (Yom Kippur) War 349 --
War's Aftermath 352 --
Anwar al-Sadat 357 --
Lebanon: The Arena for a New Arab Struggle 358 --
Road to Camp David 361 --
19 Reassertion of Islamic Power 367 --
Prefatory Remarks on Islam and Politics 369 --
Iranian Revolution 370 --
Sayyid Ruhollah Musaui Khomeini 375 --
Struggle for Persian Gulf Supremacy 379 --
Retreat from Camp David 384 --
Western Policy Formation and Islamic Polity 394 --
20 Gulf War and the Peace Process 397 --
Gulf Crisis 398 --
Operation Desert Storm 404 --
Palestinians and the Peace Process 406 --
Yasir Arafat 412 --
Whither Islam? 416 --
21 War on Terrorism 419 --
Present in Historical Perspective 420 --
Survey of Terrorism 421 --
Osama bin Laden 431 --
Iraq War 432 --
Contest for Palestine (Redux) 438 --
A Parting Message 446.
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