The Middle East
Subtitle: a brief history of the last 2,000 years
By: Bernard Lewis
Edition: 1st Touchstone ed
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
Subjects: Middle East -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index
Table of contents: title: Antecedents; title: Before Christianity; title: Before Islam; title: The dawn and noon of islam; title: Origins; title: The 'Abbasid caliphate; title: The coming of the steppe peoples; title: The Mongol aftermath; title: The gunpowder empires; title: Cross-sections; title: The state; title: The economy; title: The elites; title: The commonalty; title: Religion and law; title: Culture; title: The challenge of modernity; title: Challenge; title: Change; title: Response and reaction; title: New ideas; title: From war to war; title: From freedom to freedom