A History of the Modern Middle East
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780813334899
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Middle East - General; Middle East - History; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Middle East; History; History & Theory - General; 1517-; 20th century
First sentence: On the eve of the rise of Islam, the settled lands of the Middle East were ruled by two competing imperial states, the Roman-Byzantine Empire in the west and the Sasanian Empire of Iran in the east.