The Middle East

by Lewis, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780684832807
• ISBN10: 0684832801
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-07
• Publisher: Scribner

Summary

In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it. Elegantly sritten, scholarly yet accessible,The Middle Eastis the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the world's foremost authority on the Middle East.

Author Biography

Bernard Lewis (born May 31, 1916) was born in London. He is the author of forty-six books on Islam and the Middle East, including Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian; The End of Modern History in the Middle East; and The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror. He also wrote three major syntheses for general audiences: The Arabs in History; The Middle East and the West; and The Middle East. Lewis is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Before Christianity	p. 21
Before Islam	p. 33
Origins	p. 51
The 'Abbasid Caliphate	p. 75
The Coming of the Steppe Peoples	p. 86
The Mongol Aftermath	p. 102
The Gunpowder Empires	p. 111
The State	p. 133
The Economy	p. 157
The Elites	p. 179
The Commonalty	p. 205
Religion and Law	p. 218
Culture	p. 244
Challenge	p. 273
Change	p. 286
Response and Reaction	p. 305
New Ideas	p. 315
From War to War	p. 332
From Freedom to Freedom	p. 357
Notes	p. 388
Bibliographical Note	p. 394
Note on Calendars	p. 397
Chronology	p. 399
Maps	p. 407
Index	p. 419
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