Rei - Middle East 1

This easy-to-understand reader is part of the acclaimed Hopes and Dreams historical novel series, designed specifically for English learners and newcomers to the United States. Each novel follows a ……続きを見る

Les œuvres de Flavius Josèphe en général, et son récit de la Grande Révolte qui a opposé l’impérialisme romain au peuple de Judée en particulier, sont parmi les sources les plus précieuses qui perme……続きを見る

Des jardins d’Adonis aux tiroirs des apothicaires et aux boutiques des commerçants, les herbes, drogues et épices ont toujours nourri les rêves et entretenu les comptes. Elles furent l’objet d’une c……続きを見る

All of the texts chosen for this volume are interesting in their own right, but the collection of these sources into a single volume, with helpful introductions and bibliographies, makes this book a……続きを見る

No event in post World War II diplomacy has been more written about than the Suez crisis of 1956-and for good reason: it signaled the fall of British power and influence in the Middle East. But most……続きを見る

The Syrian state is less than 100 years old, born from the wreckage of World War I. Today it stands in ruins, shattered by brutal civil war. How did this happen? How did the lands that are today Syr……続きを見る

Die arabische Welt ist mehr als die Summe der Länder, in denen überwiegend Arabisch gesprochen wird. Seit der Expansion des Islams bildet sie einen religiösen und kulturellen Resonanzraum mit immer ……続きを見る

Ao imaginar a longa jornada de um refugiado da Síria até o Brasil, Moreira de Acopiara faz da literatura de cordel um espaço de denúncia e de esperança. Escrita em sextilhas, a jornada de nosso prot……続きを見る

La città di Bisanzio, di fondazione greca, fu scelta nel 324 d.C. come nuovo centro dell’Impero da Costantino, che la ribattezzò, dal suo nome, Costantinopoli. Fu inaugurata ufficialmente nell’anno ……続きを見る

"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Ass……続きを見る

The Comics of Asaf Hanuka: Telling Particular and Universal Stories tells the story of how cartoonist Asaf Hanuka illustrates both universal and particular narratives. Through close readings of Hanu……続きを見る

Die bisher kaum bekannte Fluchtgeschichte europäischer Juden aus Südosteuropa Die Besetzung Frankreichs durch die Wehrmacht, der Kriegseintritt Mussolinis im Sommer 1940 sowie die deutsch-italienisc……続きを見る

A comprehensive, readable history of the Republic of Turkey that gives equal weight to all periods in the first century of the Republic of Turkey. The republican order of Turkey seems not to have ch……続きを見る

This historical study examines the lives of European Jews who found safe haven in Turkey and helped the nation transform in the years before WWII. Out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kem……続きを見る

Does Islam make people violent? Does Islam make people peaceful? In this book, A. Kevin Reinhart demonstrates that such questions are misleading, because they assume that Islam is a monolithic essen……続きを見る

Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming the Victims shows how the historical fate of ……続きを見る

Known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan has now been singled out as Obama's "just war," the destination for an additional thirty thousand US troops in an effort to shore up an increasingly de……続きを見る

The Road Map to Nowhere is a devastating and timely book, essential to understanding the current state of the Israel/Palestine crisis and the propaganda that infects its coverage. Based on analysis ……続きを見る

"Geschichte der Ilchane, das ist der Mongolen in Persien" von Freiherr von Joseph Hammer-Purgstall ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die Geschichte der Ilchane, einer der bedeutendsten Dynastien der Mon……続きを見る

Since its creation, the State of Israel has been a magnet for attention. A country beset by conflict in its region and faced with the need to integrate mainly Jewish immigrants of disparate backgrou……続きを見る

A well documented, historical account of the Order of the Assassins, a secret society that ruled with terror in the middle east.続きを見る

Miljoenen mensen ontdekten door televisiepresentator Bill O'Reilly en historicus Martin Dugard hoe spannend en meeslepend de geschiedenis kan zijn. Wie hun non-fictie thrillers Killing Lincoln en he……続きを見る

In Slavery, Agriculture, and Malaria in the Arabian Peninsula, Benjamin Reilly illuminates a previously unstudied phenomenon: the large-scale employment of people of African ancestry as slaves in ag……続きを見る

For centuries travelers have been drawn to the stunning and mysterious Dead Sea and Jordan River, a region which is unlike any other on earth in its religious and historical significance. In this ex……続きを見る

This is a book about Palestine today. It is neither apologetic nor romanticized, but a powerful and brilliantly realized scream of a book, scorching and tender, from a journalist whose anger and emp……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1986, examines the literature on administration, human resources and development in the Arab world. It emphasizes contemporary societies and their internal dynamics, th……続きを見る

Zum Buch Istanbul, das alte Konstantinopel, gehört wie Rom oder Jerusalem zu den ältesten Metropolen der Welt. Die Hauptstadt dreier Großreiche – des Oströmischen, des Byzantinischen und des Osmanis……続きを見る

Known as the 'Gate to Mecca' or 'Bride of the Red Sea', Jeddah has been a gateway for pilgrims travelling to Mecca and Medina and a station for international trade routes between the Indian Ocean an……続きを見る

In 'Geschichte der Ilchane, das ist der Mongolen in Persien' entführt Freiherr von Joseph Hammer-Purgstall den Leser in die komplexe Ära der Ilchane, einer Dynastie mongolischen Ursprungs, die Persi……続きを見る

Staggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famousーthis book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival. In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something mo……続きを見る