Inc. - Middle East 1

Created as a mechanism for maintaining British influence through a local patron, Jordan’s future never looked certain. Nevertheless, under the leadership of the Hashemite monarchy led by Abdullah an……続きを見る

In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"ーNew York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing pag……続きを見る

Niyazi Berkes (1908–1988) was among the most prominent figures in Turkish political thought in the Republican period. He was the author of several masterpieces that broke fresh ground in the fields ……続きを見る

This download Is a monologue depicting the life of Queen Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, advocate and humanitarian. It includes a version for school-age or adult audiences and one for K-2 studen……続きを見る

Since the Revolution of 1978/79, which eventually brought to power Ayatollah Khomeini and his circle of conservative, though politically active, clerics, the relationship between Iran and the USA ha……続きを見る

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was not widely known when he led the national resistance movement in Anatolia in 1919. However, the effort and attention that his government devoted to the creation of his publ……続きを見る

Is Turkish nationalism simply a product of Kemalist propaganda from the early Turkish Republic or an inevitable consequence of a firm and developing 'Turkish' identity? How do the politics of nation……続きを見る

The aggression of the biblical God named Yhwh is notorious. Students of theology, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East know that the Hebrew Bible describes Yhwh acting destructively against his clie……続きを見る

In 'The Friar's Daughter' by Charles Lincoln Phifer, readers are transported to 16th-century Venice, where the young and beautiful daughter of a local friar finds herself torn between duty and desir……続きを見る

This textbook offers a systematic and up-to-date introduction to politics and society in the Middle East. Taking a thematic approach that engages with core theory as well as a wide range of research……続きを見る

The emergence of the modern Zionist Movement was driven by the search for a homeland in Palestine for the stateless and persecuted Jewish People. The organized migration and settlement of Jewish peo……続きを見る

Introducing "Political Landscapes: African Politics and Middle Eastern Dynamics" - a captivating exploration of two diverse and dynamic regions that have shaped the course of global history. Embark ……続きを見る

This third edition of Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 analyzes the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious and economic factors. Throug……続きを見る

The Wisdom Of Israel by Edwin Collins This is a short anthology of passages from the Jewish wisdom literature of the Talmud and Midrash, part of the Wisdom of the East series. Unlike some similar co……続きを見る

The transition paradigm has traditionally viewed civil society activism as an essential condition for the establishment of democracy. The democracy promotion strategies of Western policy-makers have……続きを見る

The Babylonians were an ancient civilization which inhabited Mesopatamia, modern day Iraq. The Babylonian Empire controlled a number of cities between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers circa 2000-100……続きを見る

In the brutal hours before and after Gaddafis overthrow and throughout the revolutionary aftermath of the past year, Luke Harding and Martin Chulov have reported for the Guardian from inside Libya. I……続きを見る

Is it possible to generate "capitalist spirit" in a society, where cultural, economic and political conditions did not unfold into an industrial revolution, and consequently into an advanced industr……続きを見る

ODTÜ’nün Türkiye’nin sosyal, kültürel ve siyasi hayatındaki rolü tartışılmaz. Fakat, ODTÜ’yü ve ODTÜlülüğü anlamanın ilk yolu üniversitenin tarihini, çalkantılarını, yaşadığı zorlukları ve bunalımla……続きを見る

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Ottoman Empire endured long periods of warfare, facing intense financial pressures and new international mercantile and monetary trends. The Empi……続きを見る

Set against the backdrop of Iran’s struggle against the rising powers of Russia and Britain, the memoirs of Mirza Riza Khan Arfa’-ed-Dowlehーotherwise known as Prince Arfa (1853–1902)ーare packed wi……続きを見る

The Arab world increasingly falls into two divisions, the capital-poor and the capital-rich countries (where capital means, in essence, oil). In the capital-rich countries shortage of labour is the ……続きを見る

La vie tumultueuse et l'œuvre dévastatrice du Guide libyen. Honni par les uns, adulé par les autres, Mouammar Kadhafi a inspiré une abondante littérature. Voici les faits, les actes, les thèses, les……続きを見る

In the 1960s, a group of student intellectuals formed to oppose the Shah of Iran and became an enemy of the clerical regime of Ayatollah Khomeini following the 1979 Revolution. U.S. officials twiste……続きを見る

The Afghanistan File, written by the former head of Saudi Arabian Intelligence, tells the story of his department’s involvement in Afghanistan, from the time of the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the at……続きを見る

Dalle ceneri dell’Età del Bronzo, gli Assiri seppero costruire un impero di ferro che terrorizzò, assoggettò e resse l’intero Medioriente dal X secolo a.C. al 612 a.C. La nascita di questa prima sup……続きを見る

When originally published in 1984, Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan provided the first focused consideration of the 1978 Saur Revolution and the subsequent Soviet invasion and occupation of……続きを見る

17 novembre 1869 : le canal de Suez est inauguré en grandes pompes, en présence de l'impératrice Eugénie. Mais la construction du canal, débutée en 1859, ne s'est pas faite sans heurts. Ferdinand de……続きを見る

A settant’anni dalla morte (Istanbul, 10 novembre 1938), la prima biografia italiana di Kemal Atatürk, per studiare la profonda attualità del leader politico artefice dello storico processo di moder……続きを見る