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Think you know the Ottomans? Think beyond sultans, wars, and palace intrigue. This book steps away from grand battles and imperial timelines to explore how ordinary people actually lived in the Otto……続きを見る

Glauben Sie, die Osmanen zu kennen? Dann denken Sie weiter als an Sultane, Kriege und Palastintrigen. Dieses Buch verlässt die großen Schlachten und politischen Zeitlinien und zeigt, wie gewöhnliche……続きを見る

Über mehr als sechs Jahrhunderte prägte das Osmanische Reich Kontinente, verband Kulturen und stand im Zentrum globaler Politik. Seine Herrscher regierten ein vielschichtiges Mosaik aus Völkern und ……続きを見る

For more than six hundred years, the Ottoman Empire shaped continents, connected cultures, and stood at the center of global politics. Its rulers governed a vast mosaic of peoples and religions stre……続きを見る

Encountering Morocco introduces readers to life in this North African country through vivid accounts of fieldwork as personal experience and intellectual journey. We meet the contributors at diverse……続きを見る

Based on exclusive interviews, an eye-opening biography of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), head of the House of Saud, the calculating ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a central Midd……続きを見る

The Gallipoli Campaign is known as one of the worst blunders committed by the Allied forces during the First World War. Despite being first thought up long before the beginning of the war, it was ul……続きを見る

The Assyrian Empire was the largest, most powerful, and longest-lasting in the ancient world. It included lands that comprise modern Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, B……続きを見る

Across four centuries, the Parthian Empire expanded its dominion over vast territories, boasting some of the most effective military units of the ancient world. Still, this is one of the forgotten e……続きを見る

Why does political life in Iran feel so deeply tragicーdespite the country’s abundant resources, youthful population, and rich cultural history? In this groundbreaking book, Mahdi Ahouie explores ho……続きを見る

No discurso dominante ocidental, o movimento palestino de resistência Hamas tem sido submetido a intensa difamação. Denominando-o como "terrorista" ou pior, essa demonização se intensificou após os ……続きを見る

Le présent dossier se donne pour objectif de présenter au lecteur les différentes prises de position que la révolution iranienne et l’instauration d’une République islamique en Iran ont suscitées en……続きを見る

Persia, as Iran was originally known, was an imperial superpower of the ancient world not once but twice, and during its height, it was famed for its culture and learning. First rising to power unde……続きを見る

Suleiman the Magnificent, tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, may be an unfamiliar figure to many today. But in the sixteenth century, his military campaigns played a huge role in the shifting face ……続きを見る

The Mitanni Empire came to prominence at a time when the Egyptians, the Hittites, and the Assyrians were all angling for supremacy after the fall of Babylon in the sixteenth century BCE. Mitanni mad……続きを見る

L’histoire de la Palestine est faite de « guerres gagnées et de paix perdues ». Deux peuples et une terre, c’est l’un des aspects les plus dramatiques du conflit israélo-arabe : deux volontés, deux ……続きを見る

Did Savarkar battle a stormy sea when he attempted his legendary escape at Marseilles? Did Gandhiji and he stay together ‘as friends’ in London as Savarkar claimed during Gandhiji’s assassination tr……続きを見る

Discover the remarkable life of Cyrus the Great... Free BONUS Inside! Cyrus II of Persia was one of the greatest leaders that the world had ever known; he was the one in whose footsteps other empire……続きを見る

Three of the formative revolutions that shook the early twentieth-century world occurred almost simultaneously in regions bordering each other. Though the Russian, Iranian, and Young Turk Revolution……続きを見る

Based on extensive field research in Turkey, Istanbul, City of the Fearless explores social movements and the broader practices of civil society in Istanbul in the critical years before and after th……続きを見る

With this book, Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor offer the first history of Armenian women in modern Iran. Foregrounding the work of Armenian women's organizations, the authors trace minoritarian p……続きを見る

Silenced in Beirut: American Businessman Amer Fakhoury’s Six-Month Ordeal as a Hostage in Lebanon is a heartrending, harrowing, yet illuminating memoir by four devoted daughters recounting the false……続きを見る

"The Way to the West" tells the story of the opening of the west, including the accounts of three early Americans Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson. "The Story of the Cowboy" is a historica……続きを見る

Ethnicity, Identity, and the Development of Nationalism in Iran investigates the ways in which Armenian minorities in Iran encountered Iranian nationalism and participated in its development over th……続きを見る

This book offers a new interpretation of the rich narratives of Arab secularism, contending that secularism as a set of ideas and a social movement is destined to loom large on the political and leg……続きを見る

Hikers held captive in Tehran tell their story in "a moving memoir by three individuals who found the strength to survive" ( San Jose Mercury News). During the summer of 2009, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fa……続きを見る

This book is a study of the representation of the Persian empire in English drama across the early modern period, from the 1530s to the 1690s. The wide focus of this book, encompassing thirteen dram……続きを見る

A twelve-year-old girl writes an essay that extols revenge to impress her teacher, and is surprised to receive criticism rather than praise. 'Revenge', Mrs Nomy insists, is 'the most cowardly' human……続きを見る

Even though war has swirled near and occasionally into El-Kfeir many times in the past, you'd think this ancient Lebanese village has remained relatively untouched by the outside world. However, a b……続きを見る

Viaggio nella mente spietata e visionaria di Hasan-i Sabbah, «Il Vecchio della Montagna» narra la leggenda nera del fondatore e primo gran maestro dell’Ordine degli Assassini (alla lettera «consumat……続きを見る