The Middle East : a brief history of the last 2,000 years /
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-
The Middle East : a brief history of the last 2,000 years / Bernard Lewis. - New York, NY : Scribner, 1996, c1995. - xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index.
Antecedents -- Before Christianity -- Before Islam -- The dawn and noon of islam -- Origins -- The 'Abbasid caliphate -- The coming of the steppe peoples -- The Mongol aftermath -- The gunpowder empires -- Cross-sections -- The state -- The economy -- The elites -- The commonalty -- Religion and law -- Culture -- The challenge of modernity -- Challenge -- Change -- Response and reaction -- New ideas -- From war to war -- From freedom to freedom.
0684807126 9780684807128 0684832801 (pbk.) : $15.00 9780684832807 (pbk.)
Civilización antigua.
Historia antigua.
Civilización cristiana.
Civilización islámica.
Middle East--History.
Medio Oriente--Civilización.
Medio Oriente--Antiguedades.
439 DS 62 / L594m 1996
956
The Middle East : a brief history of the last 2,000 years / Bernard Lewis. - New York, NY : Scribner, 1996, c1995. - xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index.
Antecedents -- Before Christianity -- Before Islam -- The dawn and noon of islam -- Origins -- The 'Abbasid caliphate -- The coming of the steppe peoples -- The Mongol aftermath -- The gunpowder empires -- Cross-sections -- The state -- The economy -- The elites -- The commonalty -- Religion and law -- Culture -- The challenge of modernity -- Challenge -- Change -- Response and reaction -- New ideas -- From war to war -- From freedom to freedom.
0684807126 9780684807128 0684832801 (pbk.) : $15.00 9780684832807 (pbk.)
Civilización antigua.
Historia antigua.
Civilización cristiana.
Civilización islámica.
Middle East--History.
Medio Oriente--Civilización.
Medio Oriente--Antiguedades.
439 DS 62 / L594m 1996
956