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ISBN 10: 0765680969
ISBN 13: 978-0765680969
Author: Sarolta Takács, Mounir Farah
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
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List of Illustrations vii
Topic Finder viii
Preface x
Introduction xi
Map of the Modern Middle East
and Southwest Asia xvi
Abbasid Dynasty 1
TURNING POINT: Mongol Invasion 2
Agriculture 3
TURNING POINT: Aquaculture 6
Arab League 9
Arab-Israeli Conflict 10
MODERN WEAPONS: Uzi Submachine Gun 12
Armenian Genocide 15
Art and Architecture 16
INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:
Restoring the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 19
Baghdad 22
Balfour Declaration 22
Byzantine Empire 23
Camp David Accords28
GREAT LIVES: Menachem Begin 29
Crusades 31
GREAT LIVES: Saladin 35
Culture and Traditions36
Economic Development and Trade 41
Environmental Issues 45
TURNING POINT: The Dead Sea 46
Gaza 48
Gulf States50
Intifada 52
Iran 54
Iranian Revolution 56
TURNING POINT: The Fleeing of the Shah 58
Iraq War 59
MODERN WEAPONS: Bunker Buster 60
Islam 62
Israel 67
GREAT LIVES: Golda Meir 69
Istanbul 71
GREAT LIVES: Atatürk 74
Jerusalem 76
Jordan 77
TURNING POINT: Araba Valley Treaty 78
Language 79
Literature and Writing 83
McMahon-Hussein Agreement 88
Mecca 89
Medina 90
Nationalism and
Independence Movements92
GREAT LIVES: Lawrence of Arabia 94
Oil 96
Ottoman Empire and Turkey 99
Palestinian Issue 104
GREAT LIVES: Yassir Arafat 107
Refugees108
Religion 109
Saudi Arabia 114
GREAT LIVES: Ibn Saud 116
Slavery and Slave Trade 118
Society 119
INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY:
Secular or Religious Societies? 122
Syria 124
GREAT LIVES: Hafez al-Assad 125
Technology and Inventions126
TURNING POINT: Desalination Plants 131
Terrorists, Stateless 132
INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Al-Qaeda 134
Tools and Weapons 135
MODERN WEAPONS: Roadside Bombs 137
(c) 2011 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
West Bank 138
World War I 140
World War II 144
Yemen 147
Zionism 148
GREAT LIVES: Theodor Herzl 149
Glossary 150
Selected Bibliography 153
Index 156
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