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With the scope of a philosopher and the precision of a scientist, Dr. Ahmed takes us on a journey through the labyrinth of Islamic history offering unique insights into its own internal dialectic as……続きを見る

_______________ 'Powerful … A humbling and important first-hand account of a brutal civil war in which as many as 500,000 people have died' - Guardian 'A memoir of resistance and survival unique in ……続きを見る

Crossovers compares Jewish anti-Zionism and Palestinian anti-Semitism from political and philosophical points of view. The authors' goal is to expose what is unique about these phenomena, and what t……続きを見る

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Saddam Hussein in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the rise and fall of……続きを見る

Statistics have played an important role in the recognition of the Armenian question on the international landscape as well as its "definitive solution" resulting in the Armenian genocide. The impor……続きを見る

Was gibt es im Louvre zu sehen? Wie findet man sich in diesem riesigen Labyrinth von Gegenständen und Zeugnissen aus der Vergangenheit zurecht? Die Bibel erweist sich als einen außergewöhnlichen und……続きを見る

The sequel to Nazi Secret Warfare , which portrayed the catastrophic failure of Germany's clandestine services in Persia (Iran) during the Second World War. By contrast but based on equally solid ar……続きを見る

Der Hexenhammer (Malleus maleficarum) ist ein Werk zur Legitimation der Hexenverfolgung, das der Dominikaner Heinrich Kramer nach heutigem Forschungsstand im Jahre 1486 veröffentlichte. Kramer samme……続きを見る

Százéves terv a cionizmus megsemmísítésére. Hogyan kötött szövetséget Adolf Hitler és Amin Al-Husseini palesztin főmufti a végső megoldásra? Az iráni atombomba, mint a náci stratégia csodafegyvere. ……続きを見る

Seit der Frühzeit des Menschen hat das Mittelmeer die Welt unserer Vorfahren nachhaltig geprägt. Der Archäologe Cyprian Broodbank entwirft ein grandioses historisches Panorama dieses Meeres – von de……続きを見る

Esta obra trata de las relaciones entre tres países que han sido protagonistas de algunos de los más notorios conflictos que se han vivido desde la primera guerra mundial. La importancia geoestratég……続きを見る

This book reminds me, in the sweetest way possible, that I probably should have never left Nashville.ー CHRIS THILE Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jon Meacham. A dynamic, experiential……続きを見る

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR** Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ……続きを見る

Istanbul explores how to live with difference through the prism of an age-old, cutting-edge city whose people have long confronted the challenge of sharing space with the Other. Located at the inter……続きを見る

Drawing upon original sources, this study provides the most comprehensive treatment to date of the issue of Armenian politicization and participation in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1905-1……続きを見る

Palestinian women have slowly become active in the formal labor market in Israel. In this book, Vered Kraus and Yuval Yonay describe and analyse the labor experience of these Palestinian women, and ……続きを見る

The Parthians do not appear in history until a comparatively recent period. Their name occurs nowhere in the Old Testament Scriptures. They obtain no mention in the Zendavesta. The Assyrian Inscript……続きを見る

Bernard Lewis is recognized around the globe as one of the leading authorities on Islam. Hailed as "the world's foremost Islamic scholar" (Wall Street Journal), as "a towering figure among experts o……続きを見る

Nurbanu (1525–1583) is one of the most prominent yet least studied royal women of the Ottoman dynasty. Her political and administrative career began when she was chosen as the favorite concubine of ……続きを見る

Si parla tanto di Islam, alla radio, alla televisione e sui giornali. Ma conosciamo davvero le vicende storiche del mondo musulmano? Lo studioso Marco Lenci ripercorre i momenti cruciali dell’Islam,……続きを見る

Tracing the connections between music making and built space in both historical and contemporary times, Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam brings together domains of intellectual reflection tha……続きを見る

India and Turkey, Asia Minor and the Subcontinent of Hindustan, and the Ottomans and Mughals have had shared histories of contact, engagement, and dialogue over the centuries. Much of northern India……続きを見る

An account of forty years in the life of a British doctor working with victims of war and exile in Israel, Lebanon and the Occupied Territories. 続きを見る

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and later empires expande……続きを見る

Quicksilver War is a panoramic political history of the wars that coursed through Syria and Iraq in the wake of the 'Arab Spring' and eventually merged to become a regional catastrophe: a kaleidosco……続きを見る

In the West, we tend to think of Islamic law as an arcane and rigid legal system, bound by formulaic texts yet suffused by unfettered discretion. While judges may indeed refer to passages in the cla……続きを見る

The history of the Persian Empire dates from the conquest of Astyages by Cyrus, and therefore commences with the year B.C. 558. But the present inquiry must be carried considerably further back, sin……続きを見る

The Middle East and the United States brings together scholars and policy experts to provide an empirical and balanced assessment of US policy in the Middle East primarily from the end of World War ……続きを見る

The early decades of the Cold War presented seemingly boundless opportunity for the construction of "laboratories" of American society abroad: microcosms where experts could scale down problems of g……続きを見る

Traversed by masses of migrants and wracked by environmental and economic change, the Mediterranean has come to connote crisis. In this context, Critically Mediterranean asks how the theories and me……続きを見る