The Arabs: A History, Paperback

Reducere. Ammiel Alcalay's groundbreaking work, After Jews and Arabs, published in 1993, redrew the geographic, political, cultural, and emotional map of rel...

Reducere. From the ancient cultures of the Middle East have sprung three of the world's major religions, outstanding accomplishments in literature and scienc...

The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied ...

The millennia-old port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv, was once known as the "Bride of Palestine, " one of the truly cosmopolitan cities of the Med...

A critical history of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict Eminent historian Arno J. Mayer traces the thinkers, leaders, and shifting geopolitical ...

A comprehensive history of the Matzpen group who advocated for a community of Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs in a socialist Middle East.Publish...

Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both mer...

Reducere. How Farsi language broke its two centuries of silence. This book is the translation of Do Gharn Sokoot, into English by an Iranian scientist and sc...

Reducere. One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when B...

In a revised and updated edition, this is the extraordinary story of the Arab world. Drawing on the stories of individuals from soldiers to intelle...

Reducere. DescriptionBecome an Egyptologist Our fascination with ancient Egypt actually extends back to the dynastic periods itself. Royal family members and...

Indispensable to the Western observer for a full understanding of the complexities of the conflicts in the Middle East, this study analyzes and doc...

Tells the story of the Palestinian citrus industry from its inception until 1950, tracing the shifting relationship between Palestinian Arabs and Z...

A reissue of James T. Monroe's classic study on the cultural history of al-Andalus that establishes Spanish scholars on the forefront of European s...

At a time when hostilities and violence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf continually threaten the world with war, anyone seeking to understand t...

Reducere. A thrillingly panoramic and incredibly timely account of the rise of Islam, from the acclaimed author of Rubicon and Persian Fire. The evolution of...

Reducere. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 is a document that profoundly affected the Middle East. Palestine: The Reality is an expertly researched inside sto...

Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to the twenty-first century, this Very Short Introduction introduce...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking o...

Reducere. DescriptionThis lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, 000 years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderf...

Reducere. Medieval Fez was a main center of education, art, and commerce from the 13th to the 16th centuries after the Berber tribe of the Marīnids seized po...

Reducere. DescriptionOn October 6, 1973--Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar--the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surpris...

A wealth of new research and thinking on Lawrence, the Arab Revolt, and World War One in the Middle East, providing essential background to today's...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of Byblos *Includes a bibliography for further reading Of all the peoples of the ancient Near East, t...

Reducere. Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers ...

Reducere. Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn October 1944, the US Office of Strategic Services described the Irgun Tsvai Leumi - National Military Organization - as 'an undergrou...

Reducere. Explore Revolutionary Stories of Prophets & Let your child experience the good Islamic bedtime story which builds their foundation to basic concept...

In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enli...

Reducere. Few events have dramatically altered the course of world-history as have the dynamic Muslim conquests of the seventh century. Aside from the seizur...

Reducere. In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Ara...

When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Wash...

Reducere. The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important oper...

Reducere. Winner of: 2014 Arab American Book Award, Children/Young Adult CategoryMany Americans, educators included, mistakenly believe all Arabs share the s...

Reducere. A hugely controversial work that exposes a series of scandals from Oliver North to the British royal family, The Secret War Against the Jews reveal...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ken Johnson Th D.This book is a Christian timeline of ancient post-Flood history based on Bible chronology, the early churc...

Reducere. Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillar...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Profiles the various defensive features of castles and the technologies and weapons used by the sides attacking and ...

Reducere. In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in ``a rollicking good story`` (Justin M...

Reducere. Thousands of people have been honored for saving Jews during the Holocaust--but not a single Arab. Looking for a hopeful response to the plague of ...

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationOf profound importance in late antiquity, the Sasanian Empire is almost completely unkno...

Reducere. Blackness is a term which has been understood differently based upon time and geography. The authors of this book explore how the term was understo...

Reducere. Kick snow from your shoes and step into the warmth of the old Hoosier high school basketball gym, where farmers in overalls line the court and stud...

Reducere. In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent four decades studying and covering the Middle East, offers a major new history of the Arab-Zioni...

Reducere. A bold new religious history of the late antique and medieval Middle East that places ordinary Christians at the center of the storyIn the second h...

Reducere. Sudan's post-independence history has been dominated by political and civil strife. Most commentators have attributed the country's recurring civil...

Reducere. In its last decade, the Ottoman Empire underwent a period of dynamic reform, and the 1908 revolution transformed the empire's 20 million subjects i...

Reducere. Description'West puts the battle in its historical context, and shows how it set the course of history for more than a thousand years.' Piers Paul ...

Reducere. Were the crimes of September 11, 2001 solely the work of Osama bin Laden and nineteen troubled young Arabs, or were more powerful people involved? ...

When Luca went to Sicily in search of his parents' roots, he didn't count on meeting Vito: a wizened old man who seemed to embody the history of th...

As the world rushed toward the new millennium, many were asking: -Is the Year 2000 significant in the plan of God?-Are we the generation that will ...