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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of Allyーnow featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospective Though it lasted for only six……続きを見る

In writings about Islam, women and modernity in the Middle East, family and religion are frequently invoked but rarely historicized. Based on a wide range of local sources spanning two centuries (16……続きを見る

Ce livre raconte l’histoire du pays du cèdre en suivant ses peuples, leurs origines, leurs langues et leurs religions. Il décrit le déchirement du Liban de nos jours en dressant le portrait des conc……続きを見る

The revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East in 2011 was marked by spectacular mobilization, spreading within and between countries with extraordinary speed. Several years on, however, it has c……続きを見る

The origin of modern man and evolution are still subjects of debate between the fundamentalist right of the Christians and the academic community. It is a controversy that pervades our schools still……続きを見る

Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challen……続きを見る

This new book by historian David Ohana analyzes Zionism and the Israeli state as a theological ideology. The book pursues this provocative end by showing the dialectical tension between Judaism and ……続きを見る

Ancient Irrigation Systems in the Aral Sea Area, is the English translation of Boris Vasilevich Andrianov's work, Drevnie orositelnye sistemy priaralya , concerning the study of ancient irrigation s……続きを見る

Through innovative and expansive research, Oil Revolution analyzes the tensions faced and networks created by anti-colonial oil elites during the age of decolonization following World War II. This n……続きを見る

As long as there have been wars, victors have written the prevailing histories of the world's conflicts. An army that losesーand especially one that is destroyed or disbandedーis often forgotten. Ne……続きを見る

Creado a finales del siglo xix desde una óptica eurocéntrica, Oriente Medio es un término que hoy en día sirve para denominar un amplio territorio que se extiende desde Marruecos a Irán. Una región ……続きを見る

This book describes how a social-norms model of taxation rose and fell in British-ruled Palestine and the State of Israel in the mid-twentieth century. Such a model, in which non-legal means were us……続きを見る

Powerful accounts by genocide survivors, a journalist seeking to bear witness to their pain. Darfuri refugee camps in Chad, Kigali in Rwanda, and the ruins of ancient villages in Turkey ー all visit……続きを見る

What was the relationship between government and religion in Middle Eastern history? In a world of caliphs, sultans, and judges, who exercised political and religious authority? In this book, Ali Hu……続きを見る

Any casual observer of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict would immediately recognize that the holy city of Jerusalem is the core issue impeding a permanent peace settlement between the two antagonist……続きを見る

This book explores the state of European foreign conflict reporting by public-sector broadcasters, post-Cold war and post-9/11. It compares the values of three television news providers from differi……続きを見る

Uno de los libros más importantes sobre la creencia islámica escrito hace más de mil años, en el que un reconocido teólogo de la época describe entre otros muchos conceptos la grandiosidad de Alá. 続きを見る

Joseph Conrads Werk 'Das Herz der Finsternis' ist ein zeitloses Meisterwerk, das tiefgründige Themen wie Imperialismus, Kolonialismus und die Abgründe der menschlichen Natur erforscht. Der Roman erz……続きを見る

“[Jeffrey Lee] brings a blockbuster sensibility to this slice of the 12th century Levant.”ーDan Jones, Sunday Times (UK) In a 2010 terrorist plot, Al-Qaeda hid a bomb in a FedEx shipment addressed t……続きを見る

The final, most recent (June 2017), UN-redacted, and complete set of documents as pertain to the U.S. involvement in Iran, from 1951-1954, with a specific focus on the engineered coup that resulted ……続きを見る

#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . .……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Sadam Husein, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá: • Analizar la ……続きを見る

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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre. L’Iran est un jardin que les mots font fleurir. Sous les coupoles des mosquées d’Ispahan et des mausolées de Chirâz, une somme d……続きを見る

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d’abord les comprendre. Les Kurdes sont loups et bergers. Leur sens de l’hospitalité n’a d’égal que leur caractère de montagnards trop souvent contraint……続きを見る

A unique on-the-ground account of a country shattered Iraqi playwright Issam Jameel returned to Iraq after a 12-year exile. Giving up the relative safety of Jordan, he made a perilous journey to Bag……続きを見る

How a group of Iranian students sought love and learning in Jane Austen's London In July 1815, six Iranian students arrived in London under the escort of their chaperone, Captain Joseph D'Arcy. Thei……続きを見る

In seinem Werk 'Der Sieg des Islams' untersucht Eduard Gibbon den Aufstieg und die Ausbreitung des Islams im frühen siebten Jahrhundert. Gibbon beschreibt detailliert die militärischen, politischen ……続きを見る

The history of Islam runs without a break from its origins to the present. Therefore, understanding medieval Islam gives us a much clearer comprehension of the modern world. First published in 1979,……続きを見る

First published in 2003, this is the first encyclopedic work to focus exclusively on medieval Jewish civilization, from the fall of the Roman Empire to about 1492. Based on the research of an intern……続きを見る