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Subject: Middle East: Textbooks/Surveys
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Arabs: A Short History with Documents
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Halm, Heinz (edited by Luke Yarbrough and Oded Zinger; translated by Allison Brown and Tom Lampert)
Subject: Middle East
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Heinz Halm is an internationally renowned scholar of the Middle East, whose books, including The Shiites: A Short History and The Arabs: A Short History, have been translated into many languages. The Arabs, Heinz Halm’s masterful narrative, is now available …
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History of the Middle East
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Halm, Heinz, Suraiya Faroqhi, Monika Gronke
Subject: Middle Eastern History, Textbook
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The Arabs: A Short History by Heinz Halm
The Ottoman Empire: A Short History by Suraiya Faroqhi
Iran:A Short History by Monika Gronke
Now combined into a single volume, these three brief history texts provide a concise and eye-opening …
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Islands of the Ottoman Empire
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Hadjikyriacou, Antonis
Subject: Middle East
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The Ottoman Empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. It included islands such as Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes, and many smaller ones in the Aegean, Adriatic, and Black Seas. These islands were its frontiers, …
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The Arabs: A Short History
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Halm, Heinz
Subject: Middle East
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The history of Arabia is inextricably tied to the history of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad came from Arabia, and the most important religious centers for Muslims are located in the Arab cities of Mecca and Medina. However, Arabs already had …
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The Shiites: A Short History
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Halm, Heinz (translated by Allison Brown)
Subject: Middle East, Religion,
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Combining history, comparative religion, and political interpretations, Heinz Halm elucidates Shi’ism and political developments in the Middle East for the uninformed reader. The author highlights three main aspects of Shi’a Islam: its historical development, especially the history of the Imans; …
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Women in the Islamic World: From Earliest Times to the Arab Spring
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Schneider, Irene (translated by Steven Rendall)
Subject: Middle Eastern Studies, Women Studies, Religion, World History
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This book describes and analyzes the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their applications in societies throughout history, Schneider observes and pinpoints the obstacles and opportunities women …
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Zionism: A Brief History
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Brenner, Michael (translated by Shelley Frisch)
Subject: Middle East, Religion, World History
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This book explores the origins of Zionism within Jewish tradition, the variety of Zionist ideologies, and the political circumstances that fostered this movement. Jewish immigration to Palestine, shifting British policies, Arab reactions to Jewish settlements, and the impact of the …
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