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The Middle East - 2000 Years Of History From The Rise Of Christianity to the Present Day (Paperback, New ed)
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The Middle East - 2000 Years Of History From The Rise Of Christianity to the Present Day (Paperback, New ed)
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Birthplace of three religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, a
crossroads of inter-continental trade and a major centre of ideas,
the Middle East has played a leading role in the history of the
world. Successively invaded (and transformed) by the Romans,
Persians, Mongols, Ottomans, Mamluks and Iranian Safavids, the
Middle East has for 13 centuries been the sustaining core of
Islamic civilization in an often bitter confrontation with Western
Christendom, yet making at least as great a contribution to the
life of Christian Mediterranean Europe as Europe in the last 200
years has, by its technological dominance, made on the heartlands
of Islam. At a time when a new chapter seems to be opening up in
the rivalry between Islam and the West, this accessible and
wide-ranging survey of 2000 years of Middle Eastern history by one
of our leading Middle East scholars deserves to be widely read.
(Kirkus UK)
An examination of how history has shaped the identity of the Middle
East. Most of its modern states are of recent origin, yet the
region is the birthplace of three religions and many civilizations.
Bernard Lewis, a world respected historian of the Middle East,
discusses the countries and frontiers, their religions and
communities, language and loyalties, and Middle Eastern perceptions
of outsiders. He also considers the effect of alien ideas and
influences including liberalism, nationalism, fascism, socialism
and democracy.
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