The Greater Middle East - Chang, H. K.

. .

Auteur(s) : Chang, H. K.

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc.

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 30/06/2021

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 380

Expédition : 681

Dimensions : 23.1 x 15.5 x 2.5

ISBN : 9781433179266

Résumé :

List of Figures - Introduction: Far from Quiescent Over Here - Ethiopia: Starting Point Out of Africa - Ethiopia: Proud Lion of the Horn of Africa - Eritrea: An Isolated and Ancient Country on the Southwestern Red Sea - Yemen: Turmoil in the Gulf of Aden - Somalia and Djibouti: The Turbulent Gulf of Aden - Sudan: A Glimpse of the Nile at Night - Four Countries of the Maghreb: Similarities Are Deceptive - The Maghreb: Couscous, Moorish Architecture and St. Augustine - Morocco: Where the Sun Truly Sets - Greece: Revisiting the Hellenic Republic Amidst the Debt Crisis - Greece: Classical Greek Culture and Western Learning's Eastward Migration - Byzantium: The Roman Empire That Spoke Greek - Cyprus: Pawn in the Mediterranean - From Rhodes to Malta: The Saga of the Knights of St. John - Caucasus: Euro- Asian Borderline of Confrontation - Armenia: Scars of History - Georgia: Stalin's Homeland - Azerbaijan: Of Poets and Petroleum - Egypt: On the Banks of Nile, at the Foot of the Pyramids - Egypt: From Era of Ignorance to Egyptology - Egypt: Center of the Arab World - Istanbul: Eternal Tulip Capital - Turkey: Continuous Cultural Revolution- Alaturka - Turkey: Call of the Mosque - Turkey- Joining the EU: Must Turkey Decouple with Asia? - Iran: After the Revolution - Iran: Pilgrimage to the Grand Cities of Persia - Iran- Which Does It Want: East or West? - Mesopotamia: Cradle of Human Civilization - Iraq: Birthplace of Urban Civilization - The Arabian Peninsula: Birthplace of Islamic Civilization - The Persian Gulf: Purchasing Modernization - Syria and Lebanon: Migrating Civilizations - Syria: Author, Teacher, Driver, President - Lebanon- Closer Observation: 21st- century Sequel to a Visit in the 60s - Jordan: Who Says a People Cannot Be the Masters of Their Own Destiny? - Israel: The Jewish State - Palestine: Conflicting Claims to Jerusalem - Israel and Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples and Three Faiths - Agricultural vs. Nomadic Lifestyles: Clash of Civilizations? - A Brief History of Nomadic Peoples and Eurasia - Monarchs and Monks: Emergence of a Class Society - Islam: A Brief Introduction - The Turkic- Speaking Peoples and Islam - The Mongolian Empire and Our Modern World - Key Events in the Greater Middle East - Index.

...

Biographie:

List of Figures - Introduction: Far from Quiescent Over Here - Ethiopia: Starting Point Out of Africa - Ethiopia: Proud Lion of the Horn of Africa - Eritrea: An Isolated and Ancient Country on the Southwestern Red Sea - Yemen: Turmoil in the Gulf of Aden - Somalia and Djibouti: The Turbulent Gulf of Aden - Sudan: A Glimpse of the Nile at Night - Four Countries of the Maghreb: Similarities Are Deceptive - The Maghreb: Couscous, Moorish Architecture and St. Augustine - Morocco: Where the Sun Truly Sets - Greece: Revisiting the Hellenic Republic Amidst the Debt Crisis - Greece: Classical Greek Culture and Western Learning's Eastward Migration - Byzantium: The Roman Empire That Spoke Greek - Cyprus: Pawn in the Mediterranean - From Rhodes to Malta: The Saga of the Knights of St. John - Caucasus: Euro- Asian Borderline of Confrontation - Armenia: Scars of History - Georgia: Stalin's Homeland - Azerbaijan: Of Poets and Petroleum - Egypt: On the Banks of Nile, at the Foot of the Pyramids - Egypt: From Era of Ignorance to Egyptology - Egypt: Center of the Arab World - Istanbul: Eternal Tulip Capital - Turkey: Continuous Cultural Revolution- Alaturka - Turkey: Call of the Mosque - Turkey- Joining the EU: Must Turkey Decouple with Asia? - Iran: After the Revolution - Iran: Pilgrimage to the Grand Cities of Persia - Iran- Which Does It Want: East or West? - Mesopotamia: Cradle of Human Civilization - Iraq: Birthplace of Urban Civilization - The Arabian Peninsula: Birthplace of Islamic Civilization - The Persian Gulf: Purchasing Modernization - Syria and Lebanon: Migrating Civilizations - Syria: Author, Teacher, Driver, President - Lebanon- Closer Observation: 21st- century Sequel to a Visit in the 60s - Jordan: Who Says a People Cannot Be the Masters of Their Own Destiny? - Israel: The Jewish State - Palestine: Conflicting Claims to Jerusalem - Israel and Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples and Three Faiths - Agricultural vs. Nomadic Lifestyles: Clash of Civilizations? - A Brief History of Nomadic Peoples and Eurasia - Monarchs and Monks: Emergence of a Class Society - Islam: A Brief Introduction - The Turkic- Speaking Peoples and Islam - The Mongolian Empire and Our Modern World - Key Events in the Greater Middle East - Index.

Sommaire:

List of Figures - Introduction: Far from Quiescent Over Here - Ethiopia: Starting Point Out of Africa - Ethiopia: Proud Lion of the Horn of Africa - Eritrea: An Isolated and Ancient Country on the Southwestern Red Sea - Yemen: Turmoil in the Gulf of Aden - Somalia and Djibouti: The Turbulent Gulf of Aden - Sudan: A Glimpse of the Nile at Night - Four Countries of the Maghreb: Similarities Are Deceptive - The Maghreb: Couscous, Moorish Architecture and St. Augustine - Morocco: Where the Sun Truly Sets - Greece: Revisiting the Hellenic Republic Amidst the Debt Crisis - Greece: Classical Greek Culture and Western Learning's Eastward Migration - Byzantium: The Roman Empire That Spoke Greek - Cyprus: Pawn in the Mediterranean - From Rhodes to Malta: The Saga of the Knights of St. John - Caucasus: Euro- Asian Borderline of Confrontation - Armenia: Scars of History - Georgia: Stalin's Homeland - Azerbaijan: Of Poets and Petroleum - Egypt: On the Banks of Nile, at the Foot of the Pyramids - Egypt: From Era of Ignorance to Egyptology - Egypt: Center of the Arab World - Istanbul: Eternal Tulip Capital - Turkey: Continuous Cultural Revolution- Alaturka - Turkey: Call of the Mosque - Turkey- Joining the EU: Must Turkey Decouple with Asia? - Iran: After the Revolution - Iran: Pilgrimage to the Grand Cities of Persia - Iran- Which Does It Want: East or West? - Mesopotamia: Cradle of Human Civilization - Iraq: Birthplace of Urban Civilization - The Arabian Peninsula: Birthplace of Islamic Civilization - The Persian Gulf: Purchasing Modernization - Syria and Lebanon: Migrating Civilizations - Syria: Author, Teacher, Driver, President - Lebanon- Closer Observation: 21st- century Sequel to a Visit in the 60s - Jordan: Who Says a People Cannot Be the Masters of Their Own Destiny? - Israel: The Jewish State - Palestine: Conflicting Claims to Jerusalem - Israel and Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples and Three Faiths - Agricultural vs. Nomadic Lifestyles: Clash of Civilizations? - A Brief History of Nomadic Peoples and Eurasia - Monarchs and Monks: Emergence of a Class Society - Islam: A Brief Introduction - The Turkic- Speaking Peoples and Islam - The Mongolian Empire and Our Modern World - Key Events in the Greater Middle East - Index.