The Middle East : its history and culture /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tatlock, Jason
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda : University Press of Maryland, [2012]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jason Tatlock
  • The geography of the Middle East / Chuck Fahrer
  • The ancient Near East : an historical overview / Jason Tatlock
  • The rise and expansion of Islam / Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
  • Persians and Turks in Central Asia and the development of Islamic culture before Mongolian hegemony / Thomas F. Howard
  • Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mongols, and Mamluks / Timothy May
  • The Ottoman Empire / Isa Blumi
  • British and French imperialism before and after the World Wars : West meets East, 1798-1956 / Michael R. Hall
  • The social and political legacies of war and revolution in Iran / Neema Noori
  • Dictatorship and democracy in the contemporary Middle East / Ranjit Singh
  • Religiously motivated violence in the Middle East / Krista E. Wiegand
  • Islamic aesthetics / Sandra Bird
  • On not rescuing Arab and Muslim women / Amira Jarmakani
  • Journalism in the Middle East / Leonard Ray Teel and May Fawaz
  • An overview of Islam
  • Dates of major events in ancient and Middle Eastern history
  • Map 1 : The MIddle East and its environs
  • Map 2 : Climate of the Middle East and its environs.