1st Edition
A Short History of the Middle East From the Rise of Islam to Modern Times
By George E. Kirk
Copyright 1948
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1948, grew out of a series of lectures delivered since the War at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies to British students who required a solid grounding in Middle East history and politics to assist in fitting them for active careers in the region. These lectures, by a leading specialist on Middle Eastern history, generated such interest that they were adapted... Read more
1. AD 600: The Middle East in Disintegration 2. The Rise and Decline of the Muslim Civilisation (610-1517) 3. The Ottoman and Persian Empires, and the Growth of European Enterprise (1517-1770) 4. Britain and Her Rivals in the Middle East (1770-1914) 5. Modernization and the Growth of Nationalism (1800-1917) 6. The Struggle for Independence (1918-39) 7. The Second World War and After (1939-48) 8. Present-Day Economic and Social Conditions 9. Russia and the Middle East (1907-47) 10. The Western Powers and the Middle East Today
Biography
George E. Kirk
