Middle Eastern history Books

This book addresses critical topics and unanswered questions on the contemporary state of Qatar. Drawing together a unique combination of authors that have researched the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in general, and the state of Qatar specifically,...

Reveals the often overlooked esoteric and symbolic dimensions of Luxor Temple, showcasing its intricate architecture and art as reservoirs of sacred wisdom.-Explores the occult anatomy of the "Temple of Man," revealing how the temple mirrors the human...

This work explores the use of a time chart based on generations as a way to understand history. A sole reliance on yearly dating tends to obscure the historical reality and deter us from further exploration. However, patterns are revealed if we number...

Step into the captivating world of ancient languages and embark on an intellectual adventure that spans millennia with John Gillam's groundbreaking book, Translating Ancient Texts. This meticulously researched work invites readers on an extraordinary...

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Unfortunately, the United Nations has long faced criticism for its perceived biased and anti-Israeli stance, with actions and resolutions against Israel often seen as lacking justification. The situation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...

"أسرار وخفايا جديدة من قتل السادات"رحلة استكشافية في أعماق التاريخ المصري،تُسلط الضوء علىأحداث اغتيال الرئيس الساداتمن خلال شهادات مُهمةوتحليلات جديدة.

The Conqueror's Code takes you on a journey through the life of one of history's most admired leaders-Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub. Known for his chivalry, wisdom, and compassion, Salah ad-Din's leadership during the Crusades continues to inspire both...

<p><i>"As she boarded the flight to Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saakshi could almost hear her heart thumping outside her body. This was her first trip abroad. A foreign land. The first time that she was using her passport...

Semi-colonization of the countries of the Near and Middle East in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Iran and Afghanistan - is an important and relevant topic of modern history. During this period, these countries began to...

1 This study deals with the Mamliik period in Iraqi history (1750- 1831), and more particularly with later Mamliik times (1802-1831). The year 1831 marks the watershed between an era of 'local rule' and one of restored Turkish...

The Islamic Revolution in 1979 transformed Iranian society and reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East. Four decades later, Darioush Bayandor draws upon heretofore untapped archival evidence to reexamine the complex domestic and international...

This book presents a theoretical framework to study dissident ethnic movements' imagination of world politics, with a special focus on the PKK as a case study. Dissident ethnic movements are not only a challenge to the existing hegemonic power, but they...

This book examines mid-Victorian discourse on the expansion of the British Empire's role in the Middle East. It investigates how British political leaders, journalists and the general public responded to events in the Ottoman Empire, which many, if not...

Taking as its starting point an investigation into the physical topography and symbolism of the two cities of Athens and Jerusalem, this book offers a cultural history of the rival superpowers-the Byzantine Empire and Fatimid Caliphate-that between them...

This book explores how to render curricular representations more inclusive and how individuals' interactions with competing historical narratives and discourses shape their civic attitudes and intergroup dynamics. Based on ethnographic research in the...

The book shows how the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries wrote works which standardized the cultural memory of the Holy Land. The experience of the late medieval Holy Land was deeply connected to the presence of the...

This collection examines the role of Britain in the Islamic world. It offers insight into the social, political, diplomatic, and military issues that arose over the centuries of British involvement in the region, particularly focusing on the nineteenth...

This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wilāya through the...

Empires rose and fell along the banks of the Tigris & Euphrates, whilst a civilization as yet unsurpassed emerged... Discover Myths, History & More From The World's Most Ancient Civilization!Mesopotamia, the land "between two rivers" was an...

Babel Inc. is an essential primer on the politics of globalisation and multiculturalism. Bolton demonstrates that conventional distinctions between the political left and right have been transcended by transnational corporations who regard the remnants...

L'Origine, avec un O majuscule, est l'Origine de chacun de nous, de tous, de tout : du ciel et de la terre, de leurs contenants et de leurs contenus ! Que nous soyons croyants ou athées, nos pensées, au moins une fois, se sont dirigées vers cette Origine...

In the early period of Ancient Egyptian history, earlier than in any other culture, before the Hindus, Buddhists, Kabbalists and Taoists, there was a teaching of the TREE OF LIFE and the teaching of the SERPENT POWER. This was a special teaching...

Surviving a lightning strike, sleeping with deadly scorpions and snakes, crossing a volcano, or having an audience with Lady Desta and her thirty slaves, the English agent Ármin Vámbéry, or sultans and emperors. These were all in a day's work for Azmzâde...

The years between 1890 and 1905 were the height of imperialism as West European powers conquered much of Africa. Italy, which had been able to get a very small share in the West European scramble for Africa, had its eye on Tripoli and Benghazi. Planning...

3 manuscritos completos en 1 libroLos Antiguos Cananeos: Una Fascinante Guía de la Civilización Cananea que Dominó la Tierra de Canaán Antes de los Antiguos IsraelitasHititas: Una fascinante guía del antiguo pueblo de Anatolia que estableció el imperio...

¿Sabía usted que los antiguos cananeos inventaron el alfabeto?La Biblia hace referencia a Canaán en varias ocasiones. Por ejemplo, Dios ordenó a los israelitas destruir a los cananeos tras la huida de los israelitas desde Egipto.Sin embargo, la historia...

Archaeology in the Middle East and the Balkans rarely focuses on the recent past; as a result, archaeologists have largely ignored the material remains of the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies and...

This comprehensive analysis of American policy toward the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide focuses on the important role big business played in keeping the United States from more actively opposing the genocide, despite broad public opinion...

Taking ancient records as the starting point for analysis, this book theorises the state, administration and economy of ancient Egypt. The Egyptian state is theorised as an administrative field of material and symbolic powers with emphasis upon the...

The Nasirean Ethics is the best known ethical digest to be composed in medieval Persia. This work is primarily concerned with the criteria of human behaviour: first in terms of space and priority allotted, at the individual level, secondly, at the...

This volume explores major theoretical and empirical themes in the study of the economic history of the Middle East.

¿Cuánto sabe sobre la cuna de la civilización? Explore el legado de los brillantes antiguos mesopotámicos que transformaron el mundo.El legado de la antigua Mesopotamia fue realmente revolucionario. Dibujos infantiles rayados en arcilla húmeda...

Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures: A Book Of Travel by Gertrude Lowthian Bell has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing...

Den här boken är den tredje i Jan Beṯ-Şawoces serie "Jakobiter - vilka är de?" Liksom de tidigare volymerna innehåller den översättningar av vetenskapliga studier, rapporter från missionärer och diplomater samt olika samtida vittnen till historiska...

The book presents the nine oldest Ottoman documents from the archives of the Monastery of Great Meteoron, which are among the oldest known so far original Ottoman documents worldwide. These sources are published for the first time. Their palaeographical...

Die Universitätsbibliothek in Basel ist im Besitz einer kleinen Papyrussammlung von 63 Papyri aus ptolemäischer, römischer sowie spätantiker Zeit in überwiegend griechischer, aber auch hieratischer, lateinischer, koptischer und mittelpersischer Sprache...

This chapter entails a brief case history of moving human groups of people from a place to another in Belad Al-Sham, searching for safety, security, and survival. The introduction is meant to inform the reader of the principle chain links which grew and...

The East/the West/the Arabs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 3rd Arabic 3rd Edition, deals with various topics: history, politics, current events, present conditions in the Arab world, and interrelations between Arabs and the West, in rhyming verse, some...

The American College of Tehran (A Memorial Album, 1932)Prepared by Morteza GheissariEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Ali GheissariThis volume offers a previously unpublished memorial album of the American College of Tehran compiled by a...

This comprehensive and richly detailed study by renowned scholar Willem Floor is the culmination of what is known about domestic glass and ceramic production-location, quality, craftsmen-in Iran from 1500 until the end of the Qajar period in...

In Russian Sources on Iran, 1719-1748, polyglot scholar Willem Floor brings together annotated translations of reports by officials in Russian service that so far have either been used rarely by scholars, or not at all. It includes a detailed account of...

"For those seeking a heroic story, an expression of idealism, self-sacrifice, and resistance against tyranny, the story of the fall of Jerusalem and Masada remain two of history's epic events." - from the new introduction.A dramatic and engrossing...

منذ‭ ‬نهاية‭ ‬القرن‭ ‬السابع‭ ‬الميلادي‭ ‬إلى‭ ‬العصر‭ ‬الحديث،‭ ‬ساد‮ ‬في‭ ‬العالم‭ ‬الإسلامي‮ ‬الاعتراف‭ ‬بالصخرة‭ ‬الموجودة‭ ‬في‭ ‬الحرم‭ ‬القدسي‭ - ‬جبل‭ ‬الهيكل‭ ‬كموقع‭ ‬هيكل‭ ‬سليمان‭ ‬والهيكل‭ ‬بناه‭ ‬اليهود‭ ‬العائدون‭ ‬من‭ ‬بابل،‭...