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Middle East 101 : a beginner's guide for deployers, travelers, and concerned citizens /
This work answers 101 essential questions on the Middle East, Islam, the Arab Spring, al-Qa'ida, and ISIS for those wanting to begin an intellectual immersion into the complexities of the region from pre-biblical times to the post-Arab Spring era.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Annapolis, Maryland :
Naval Institute Press,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The physical and human geography of the Middle East
- The ancient Middle East
- The prophet Muhammad and emergence of Islam
- The high Caliphate
- Islamic law and medieval Muslim civilization
- Invaders, conquerors, and warriors
- The rise of the Ottoman and Safavid dynasties
- The rise of Western influence in the Middle East
- The emergence of nationalism in the Middle East
- The Middle East between the world wars
- Egyptian independence, the Zionist movement, and the creation of Israel
- Turkey after Ataturk, Iran under Mohammed Reza Shah and the Arab world after World War II
- The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1967-73
- Revolutionary Iran
- Developments in Egypt since 1973
- National tragedies in Lebanon and Syria
- Iraq from the rise of Saddam to the fragile beginnings of democracy
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace process since the late 1980s
- Understanding Islamist extremism in the twenty-first century.