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From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, Founding Gods, Inventing Nations traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast……続きを見る

Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of id……続きを見る

An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeur Thomas Madden’s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Usi……続きを見る

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 was a landmark event in Egyptology that was celebrated around the world. Had Howard Carter found his prize a few years earlier, however, the treasure……続きを見る

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist……続きを見る

A thrilling chronicle of one of the most important battles in Western history from T.C.F. Hopkins. Like an angry lion, the Turkish menace growled at the frontiers of Europe. In 1453, the last remnan……続きを見る

A modern Herodotus looks at war in the ancient Middle East, Empires, Wars, and Battles is a brilliantly readable popular history from T.C.F. Hopkins. As current events have made painfully obvious, t……続きを見る

Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the Mediterranean, Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. By the early seventeenth century their desc……続きを見る

Don't expect to find here the usual clich?s about suicide bombers and what drives them. In this unique study, Anne Marie Oliver and Paul Steinberg render the story of two intertwining, often clashin……続きを見る

E. F. Benson is well known for his 'Lucia and Mapp' series but here we see a different side to his work. 'Iron Cross and Crescent' is a scholarly and well researched history of the relationship betw……続きを見る

Includes 6 detailed plans and maps Sudan was afire with flame and revolt in 1883 as the Islamic revolution headed by the self-proclaimed Mahdi gained followers and captured districts. The British go……続きを見る

In 2011, a wave of revolution spread through the Middle East as protesters demanded an end to tyranny, corruption and economic decay. From Egypt to Yemen, a generation of young Arabs insisted on a n……続きを見る

For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across at the shores of Asia. The history of this cityーknown as Byzantium, t……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

In T. E. Lawrence’s classic memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence of Arabia claimed that he inspired a “dream palace” of Arab nationalism. What he really inspired, however, was an American idea o……続きを見る

For many the story of this small Arabian state begins and ends with the wealth that has accrued from its vast oil deposits. But the real fascination of Kuwait lies in its geological and archaeologic……続きを見る

The Persian Mystics is an overview of Sufism, Persian mysticism and famous Persian writers. A table of contents is included. 続きを見る

The economy of Kuwait is almost wholly dependent on oil. Such dependence on a depletable resource invariably stores up problems for the future, and in the case of Kuwait, these problems are aggravat……続きを見る

This work examines the Iranian Crisis of 1946 and its active role in shaping the Cold War that followed. It is intended to serve as a case study of how the United States was able to successfully fle……続きを見る

African Holocaust, which was first published in 1962, tells the extraordinary story of how and why a group of 22 Catholic converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda (now part of U……続きを見る

The history of courtesans and slave girls in the medieval Arab world transcends traditional boundaries of study and opens up new fields of sociological and cultural enquiry. In the process it offers……続きを見る

For too long Egypt s system of government was beholden to the interests of the elite in power, aided by the massive apparatus of the security state. Breaking point came on 25 January 2011. But sever……続きを見る

Christianity arrived early in Egypt, brought according to tradition by Saint Mark the Evangelist, who became the first patriarch of Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church has flourished ever since, ……続きを見る

“We started the 2011 revolution and the rest of Egypt followed,” say Egyptian workers with strong conviction and passion. Egyptian independent workers’ continuous claims of contention and protest re……続きを見る

A political theorist teases out the century-old ideological transformation at the heart of contemporary discourse in Muslim nations undergoing political change. The Arab Spring precipitated a crisis……続きを見る

Francis Marion Crawford takes us on a lively tour of the Capital where east meets west during the waning years of Ottoman rule. He portrays a lively city of the dying empire. This is the 1893 seria……続きを見る

This third, revised edition comprises the whole of the original volume and is enhanced by the addition of a new preface and afterward which seek to reply to criticisms of the authors argument about ……続きを見る

E. F. Benson's 'Crescent and Iron Cross' is a captivating novel set during World War I, exploring themes of espionage, sacrifice, and the complex nature of human relationships. Written in Benson's s……続きを見る

Travis Barrett is fighting against time, bureaucracy, and inertial in his quest to make the man who killed his brother pay. Now, in the confusion surrounding the Gulf War he might have a chance. But……続きを見る

F. Marion Crawford's novel 'Paul Patoff' is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and redemption set in the backdrop of 19th century Russia. With its vivid descriptions and rich character development, ……続きを見る