The Middle East: Fourteen Islamic Centuries / Edition 3

by Glenn E. Perry

Overview

Reflecting today's most recent findings, this enlightening book presents an even-handed survey of Middle Eastern history from the rise of Islam to the present day, beginning with a substantial account of the early centuries and then concentrating primarily on the modern, post-1914 decades. It provides concise, readable, and balanced coverage of Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, and Iran, and offers ten detailed maps and a useful bibliography of selected works to broaden readers' understanding. Deals with the whole Middle Eastern region within particular periods - rather than on a topical or country-by-country basis - allowing readers to see the events in each country at any point in relation to what is happening in other parts of the Middle East. Offers a world/historical perspective, emphasizing the relationship of the Middle East to other regions and civilizations, particularly with the West. Highlights from the Third Edition include a new section dealing with events from 1991 to 1996; an examination of the controversy over Orientalism; an updated bibliography; new glossary of terms (many relating specifically to Islam); and an appendix which fully explains the Pillars of Islam and Jihad. For historians, anthropologists, and those in business and government.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780132663397
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	10/31/1996
Edition description:	Subsequent
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

1. Setting and Prelude: The Beginnings to A.D. 610.


2. The East Reborn: 610—750.


3. The East Florescent: 750—1260.


4. Recovery, New Zenith, and Decline: 1260—1774.


5. The European Tide: 1774—1914.


6. The East Engulfed: 1914—1920.


7. Rebellion, Emulation, and Era Reactron: 1920—1939.


8. The Retreat of Europe: 1939—1954.


9. Victories and Setbacks: 1954—1973.


10. The Crossing and After: 1973—1996.


Bibliographical Essay: Selected Works in English.