Synopses & Reviews
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 SIXTH EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
1. Geographic Prologue
2. Pre-Islamic Politics and Society in the Middle East
Part One: THE RISE AND SPREAD OF ISLAM
3. Muhammad: His Life and Leadership
4. The Establishment of the Muslim State
5. The Spread and Organization of the Muslim Empire Under the Umayyads
6. The Flowering of the Muslim World Under the Early Abbasids
7. Islam
8. Muslim Theology and Law
9. Muslim Civilization and the Middle East
10. Social Patterns
11. The Early Medieval Middle East
12. The Late Medieval Middle East
Part Two: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires
13. The Byzantine Empire
14. Ottoman Origins and Early History
15. The Winning of the Ottoman Empire
16. Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
17. Institutions of the Ottoman Empire
18. The Ottoman Empire as a World Power
19. The Flowering and Collapse of Safavid Iran
20. The Transformation of the Ottoman Empire
21. The Retreat of the Ottoman Empire Begins
Part Three: THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY MIDDLE EAST
22. The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon
23. Mahmud II: Greek Nationalism and Ottoman Reform
24. Mehmet Ali, Ismail, and the Development of Egypt
25. Ottoman Tanzimat and European Ambitions
26. Abdulhamid II and Autocratic Reform
27. The Young Turks and Nationalism
28. British Occupation of Egypt and the Sudan
29. Oajar Iran and Reform
30. Iran's Constitutional Revolution
31. Impact of World War I upon the Middle East
Part Four: THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER WORLD WAR I
32. The Turkish Republic Under Ataturk
33. Iran Between the Two World Wars
34. Egypt, the Sudan, and Libya
35. Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq Under the Mandate System
36. Palestine and Transjordan
37. World War II and the Middle East
38. Turkey Becomes More Democratic
39. Iran: Oil, Nationalism, and Royal Dictatorship
40. The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Collapse of the Soviet Union, and War in Afghanistan
41. The Partition of Palestine: Israel and Hashimite Jordan
42. Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians After 1967
43. The Egyptian Republic and Independent Sudan
44. Egypt, Sudan, and Libya Since 1970
45. Independent Lebanon and Syria
46. Iraq Since World War II
47. Smaller Arabian States
48. Yemen
49. Saudi Arabia and Oil
50. Trends Since 1945
Chronology C-1
Glossary G-1
Index I-1