M.B - Middle East 3

The cultures of Nubia built the earliest cities, states, and empires of inner Africa, but they remain relatively poorly known outside their modern descendants and the community of archaeologists, hi……続きを見る

Global Medieval Contexts 500–1500: Connections and Comparisons provides a unique wide-lens introduction to world history during this period. Designed for students new to the subject, this textbook e……続きを見る

A relationship beset with extraordinary acrimony, the US and Iran rarely see eye-to-eye, if only to avoid war or nuclear catastrophe. What is at the core of this troubled rivalry that has stymied po……続きを見る

Since its inception, al Qaeda has aspired to create a safe haven in Yemen,where it has operated against U.S. and Yemeni interests. From 2001 to 2004, when Edmund J. Hull was the American ambassador ……続きを見る

The Anzac legend was born on the shores of Gallipoli during the historic morning of 25th April 1915. Landing on a hostile beach, under the cover of darkness, the Anzacs moved inland rapidly, but the……続きを見る

A detailed look at the day-to-day life of a pilot serving during the Persian Gulf War against Iraq. This book is based upon a journal Jim Schreiner kept during his deployment to the Persian Gulf reg……続きを見る

This book uses both succinct, informative essays and beautiful, detailed photography to reveal how recent archeological discoveries in the ancient country of Armenia have transformed our understandi……続きを見る

Zakariyya Tamir is Syria's foremost writer of short stories, and his works are widely read across the Arab world. In this, the first English language monograph on Tamir's entire oeuvre, Alessandro C……続きを見る

"Strong evidence that the Roman Empire is of Edomite origin ... left our minds in bewilderment ... is one to be studied." -Church of England Quarterly Review William Beeston in his 1858 book "The Ro……続きを見る

British travellers regarded all inhabitants of the seventeenth-century Ottoman empire as ‘slaves of the sultan’, yet they also made fine distinctions between them. This book provides the first histo……続きを見る

“An enriching account of the expansion of the political and cultural frontiers of the Latin West in the central Middle Ages.”ーHistory Today When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem fr……続きを見る

Krithia was a key objective in the land offensives; a killing ground greater than Anzac or Suvla. This book adds to the Gallipoli story and the preceding Battleground books on that campaign by recou……続きを見る

The emergence of Turkish nationalism prior to World War I opened the way for various ethnic, religious, and cultural stereotypes to link the notion of the "Other" to the concept of national identity……続きを見る

Shia politics roared to the center of power in Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003 after decades of marginalization under Saddam Hussein. A new generation of clerics and politicians, self-described……続きを見る

Quando oggi si pensa all’Iraq vengono in mente immagini forti, caotiche: la dittatura di Saddam Hussein, le lotte regionali, le tensioni etnico-religiose e, non da ultimo, il jihadismo dell’ISIS. Co……続きを見る

Dans la Turquie ottomane, le secret est une vertu cardinale du pouvoir. Le sultan règne sans partage, mais avec l'appui d'un groupe d'initiés – parti, clan, confrérie – toujours tenus par le secret.……続きを見る

In 'Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy,' John M. Batten provides readers with a vivid account of his experiences serving in the Navy. The book offers a personal narrative that comb……続きを見る