The Middle East: A History

by Ochsenwald, William; Fisher, Sydney Nettleton

• ISBN13: 9780073385624
• ISBN10: 007338562X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-06
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Praised for its straightforward and accessible style, this text provides a general introduction to the chief elements in Middle Eastern history, allowing readers to proceed into more specialized topics and themes with a solid understanding of the most current scholarship in the field

Table of Contents

List of Maps

List of Charts and Genealogies

Preface to the Seventh Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Geographic Prologue

Pre-Islamic Politics and Society in the Middle East

Muhammad: His Life and Leadership

The Establishment of the Muslim State

The Spread and Organization of the Muslim Empire Under the Umayyads

The Flowering of the Muslim World Under the Early Abbasids

Islam

Muslim Theology and Law

Muslim Civilization in the Middle East

Social Patterns

The Early Medieval Middle East

The Late Medieval Middle East

The Byzantine Empire

Ottoman Origins and Early History

The Winning of the Ottoman Empire

Expansion of the Ottoman Empire

Institutions of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire as a World Power

The Flowering and Collapse of Safavid Iran

The Transformation of the Ottoman Empire

The Retreat of the Ottoman Empire Begins

The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

Mahmud II: Greek Nationalism and Ottoman Reform

Mehmet Ali, Ismail, and the Development of Egypt

Ottoman Tanzimat and European Ambitions

Abdulhamid II and Autocratic Reform

The Young Turks and Nationalism

British Occupation of Egypt and the Sudan

Qajar Iran and Reform

Iran's Constitutional Revolution

Impact of World War I upon the Middle East

The Turkish Republic Under Ataturk

Iran Between the Two World Wars

Egypt, the Sudan, and Libya

Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq Under the Mandate System

Palestine and Transjordan

World War II and the Middle East

Turkey from 1945 to 1980

Turkey Becomes More Democratic

Iran: Oil, Nationalism, Royal Dictatorship, and Social Change

The Islamic Republic of Iran

Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Wars in Afghanistan

The Partition of Palestine: Israel and Hashimite Jordan

Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians After 1973

The Egyptian Republic and Independent Sudan

Egypt, Sudan, and Libya Since 1970

Independent Lebanon and Syria

Iraq After World War II

Smaller Arabian States

Saudi Arabia, Oil, and O.P.E.C

Trends Since 1945

Glossary

Chronology

List of Websites

Index

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