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Overview

In a sweeping and vivid survey, renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years, from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it. Elegantly sritten, scholarly yet accessible, The Middle East is the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the world's foremost authority on the Middle East.

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A noted Middle East historian, Lewis (Islam and the West, LJ 5/1/93) has written a 2000-year history of a region stretching from Libya to Central Asia. He concludes with the effects of the Gulf War and the entry into negotiations of the PLO and the government of Israel. Beginning his history before the rise of Christianity and Islam, Lewis seeks to illuminate the connections between the ancient Middle East and the modern region. He outlines the histories of pre-Islamic Arabia and the two great empires of Sasanid Persia and Byzantium. These entities formed the backdrop for the rise of the Prophet Muhammed and the formation of the Islamic polity. Lewis concentrates on the cultural, social, and economic changes in the region while keeping the political narrative to a minimum. He includes many direct quotations from a variety of contemporary sources to highlight a given period and place, providing an immediacy of experience not offered by conventional narrative or analysis. Highly recommended.-Robert J. Andrews, Duluth P.L., Minn.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780684832807
  • Publisher: Scribner
  • Publication date: 8/7/1997
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 448
  • Sales rank: 203,635
  • Product dimensions: 6.10 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis
The Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University -- dubbed "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," by The New York Times -- Islam expert Bernard Lewis has raised both awareness levels and eyebrows with topical bestsellers like What Went Wrong? and The Crisis of Islam.
    1. Hometown:
      Princeton, New Jersey
    1. Date of Birth:
      May 31, 1916
    2. Place of Birth:
      London, England
    1. Education:
      B.A., University of London, 1936; Diplome des Etudes Semitiques, University of Paris, 1937; Ph.D., University of London,

Table of Contents

List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction 1
1 Before Christianity 21
2 Before Islam 33
3 Origins 51
4 The 'Abbasid Caliphate 75
5 The Coming of the Steppe Peoples 86
6 The Mongol Aftermath 102
7 The Gunpowder Empires 111
8 The State 133
9 The Economy 157
10 The Elites 179
11 The Commonalty 205
12 Religion and Law 218
13 Culture 244
14 Challenge 273
15 Change 286
16 Response and Reaction 305
17 New Ideas 315
18 From War to War 332
19 From Freedom to Freedom 357
Notes 388
Bibliographical Note 394
Note on Calendars 397
Chronology 399
Maps 407
Index 419
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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 16, 2009

    A Tough read!!

    As I first started reading this book, I realized that it was definitely well put together. The research and accuracy is definitely entertaining. However, this book is not for any student looking for a quick lesson on Middle East history. The descriptions and chapters are long and at times cover alot of material that can make you sleepy after a long day. The chapters touch the origins of many empires, religions and modern day issues. This may not be the book for someone wanting to start learning about Mid-East culture from scratch. I have to say this writing does include vocabulary, mainly arabic words. I found this to be helpful in learning a few new words. Overall the book is good if you want accurate information. Just be prepared for alot of information and make sure to have coffee in the house.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 23, 2007

    The Definitive Overview

    Prof. Lewis begins with the Roman and Persian Empires to lay the foundation for this sweeping history of the Middle East. Given the range of area and the span of time, it can only be but an overview history--but his command of the dates, people, and places which made the history of this area is unparalleled. He is neither an apologist for the Arab peoples, like Edward Said or John Esposito, nor a hasty critic. He is a great historian.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 11, 2004

    Going beyond Byzantium

    I'm not a noted historian, yet was interested in the world's history both before and after the birth of Christ. History on the mideast was not something I studied. It was a wrestling match to pick apart the Mid East history to 637 CE, but so interesting to learn about Persia, Parthians or Parthinians, Meso-Potamia, and Cyrus and Alexander the Greats. I've yet to read about the rise of Islam given Conquest by Arabia to the advanced organization and adjustment of Islam to do.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 31, 2003

    Ren Joseph

    Within the orientalists intellectual circle, Benard Lewis is considered a heretical historian within the topics of Islam and the Middle East and because of his educational bias from Israel, he attacks the Arabs and Islam. His dangerous ideology calls for the destruction of Islam by the Western powers. Edward Said, in his book Orientalism points out the idiotic ideas and points by that of Mr Lewis. While some right wing propandists may hold him high in respect, many intellectuals consider him on the other end of great monumentals such as Edward Said and John L. Esposito.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2002

    brilliant survey

    This is the best survey of Middle Eastern history now available, by the most distinguished living Orientalist. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the Islamic world.

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