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The comparative study of empires has traditionally been addressed in the widest possible global historical perspective with comparison of New World empires such as the Aztecs and Incas side by side ……続きを見る

Dahlan offers an alternative vision of Islamic governance through the history and promise of the Hijaz, the first state of Islam. The Hijaz, in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia, was the first Is……続きを見る

As Cyprus experienced British imperial rule between 1878 and 1960, Greek and Turkish nationalism on the island developed at different times and at different speeds. Relations between Turkish Cypriot……続きを見る

Israel is not the only ‘new’ state around, but it is one of the few states whose legitimacy is still questioned, and its future affects the future of the Middle East as a whole and probably the stab……続きを見る

The Ottoman Turks is a short history of the rise and fall of the great Empire, written by Rev. Canon Sell. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る

With Hezbollah's entry into the Lebanese government in 2009 and forceful intervention in the Syrian civil war, the potent Shi‘i political and military organization continues to play an enormous role……続きを見る

This book surveys the historical development, current problems and likely prospects for Eastern Mediterranean port cities, providing contributions from scholars from various disciplines, such as arc……続きを見る

The Persian Mystics is an overview of Sufism, Persian mysticism and famous Persian writers. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る

In this major new history of Muslim merchants and their trade links with China, John W. Chaffee uncovers 700 years of history, from the eighth century, when Muslim communities first established them……続きを見る

Did the Crusades trigger significant intellectual activity? To what extent and in what ways did the Latin residents of the Crusader States acquire knowledge from Muslims and Eastern Christians? And ……続きを見る

Christians in fifteenth-century Iraq and al-Jazīra were socially and culturally home in the Middle East, practicing their distinctive religion despite political instability. This insightful book cha……続きを見る

This book is on Iran’s geopolitical importance representing a continuum of international competition for political gains and economic benefit, due to the country's unique geographical location that ……続きを見る

This monograph offers a critique of arguments for the existence of a specifically Christian God advanced by prominent scholar William Lane Craig. The discussion incorporates philosophical, mathemati……続きを見る

Medea Benjamin is the author of the insightful and successful Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.–Saudi Connection. This book is perhaps the first non-academic look at the history of US and Irani……続きを見る

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. The History of Persia contains all volumes of the classic, as we……続きを見る

It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the econo……続きを見る

The 2011 Arab uprisings and their subsequent aftermath have thrown into question some of our long-held assumptions about the foundational aspects of the Arab state. While the regional and internatio……続きを見る

Framed by a critical analysis of global capitalism, this book examines how the six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council are powerfully shaping the political economy of the wider Middle East. Throu……続きを見る

The 1923 Greek-Turkish population exchange forcibly relocated one and a half million people: Muslims in Greece were resettled in Turkey, and Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey were moved to Greece.……続きを見る

The economy of Kuwait is almost wholly dependent on oil. Such dependence on a depletable resource invariably stores up problems for the future, and in the case of Kuwait, these problems are aggravat……続きを見る

Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community’s existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way th……続きを見る

In recent years, Baghdad has been viewed as a battleground for political conflicts; this interpretation has heavily influenced writings on the city. This book moves away from these perspectives to p……続きを見る

The meaning and translation of Juz Amma (Juz 30) from The Holy Quran in english languange. The Holy Quran are Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the archa……続きを見る

The Travels of Bertrandon de la Broquiere to Palestine during the Years 1432 and 1433 was written by a spy sent to the Middle East by the Duke of Burgundy. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る

Since the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, the challenges of sectarianism and militarism have weighed heavily on the women of Iraq. In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide-range of……続きを見る

This annually updated volume of the World Today Series is designed to place in context the passionate controversies and emotional attachments of the two billion people who live, study, work, and die……続きを見る

Iran has remained one of the most effective tools in Russia's foreign policy towards the West for more than two hundred years. Drawing on previously unpublished and recently declassified sources whi……続きを見る

This book analyzes curriculum studies in Turkey from the perspective of three paradigmsーreligion, science, and ideologyーsince the early 19th century. Using Islam as a guiding point, Turkish curric……続きを見る

This work examines the Iranian Crisis of 1946 and its active role in shaping the Cold War that followed. It is intended to serve as a case study of how the United States was able to successfully fle……続きを見る

This book focuses on the sociological dynamics of two of the most important Turkish immigration waves to the United States. It describes the wave of early Turkish immigration during the early 19th c……続きを見る