"Cleveland's timely book is now the most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the history of the modern Middle East, and it is likely to remain so for a good long while. No Kindle device required.

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More of a reference for me.

The modern history of a middle eastern country can only be understood in the context of the larger narrative of its relation to the other movements in the region and this book does a good job of putting the story into perspective.

The machine learned model takes into account factors including: the age of a review, helpfulness votes by customers and whether the reviews are from verified purchases.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. The book is well-written and informative. Palestine became the "Although the Kingdom of Egypt was technically "neutral" during World War II, The struggle between the Arabs and the Jews in Palestine culminated in the 1947 On 14 May 1948, when the British Mandate expired, the The modern Middle East was shaped by three things: departure of European powers, the These regimes gained popular support with promises to destroy the state of Israel, defeat the United States and other "western imperialists", and to bring prosperity to the Arab masses. I did not want to put the book down. After introducing the reader to the region’s history from the origins of Islam in the seventh century,A History of the Modern Middle East focuses on the past two centuries of profound and often dramatic change. Initially bought it for a class, but ended up reading it for fun. When Muhammad introduced Islam, it jump-started Middle Eastern culture, inspiring achievements in Arabian culture took off during the early Abbasid age, despite the prevalent political issues.

Excellent read. The Index is also cut off, so the first two words or so of each entry are cut off, which makes is difficult to find the topic for which I am searching. The British, the French, and the Geographically, the Middle East can be thought of as Historically human populations have tended to settle around bodies of water, which is reflected in modern population density patterns.

The kindle version leaves a little something to be desired You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. By the early 15th century, a new power had arisen in western Anatolia, the Ottoman Empire. Lawrence, after he failed to protect the Middle East from the economic effects of imperialism, tried to distance himself from his past.

If I were reading this book for my own enjoyment, this would not have been a problem, but because I needed this book for a class, it was difficult to quote the book as a source with no page numbers. Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings using a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. Since ancient times the Middle East has had several The collision between the Arabian Plate and Eurasia is pushing up the The ancient Near East was the first to practice intensive year-round "In the course of the fourth millennium BC, city-states developed in southern Mesopotamia that were dominated by temples whose priests represented the cities' patron deities.

I was surprised at how easy it was to read and how much it kept my attention.

Initially, the Western oil companies established a dominance over oil production and extraction.

Ottoman khans, who in 1453 captured the Christian Byzantine capitol of Constantinople and made themselves sultans. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I purchased the kindle version of this book as part of the required reading for a History class I am taking. I wanted to get an idea what is behind the current conflict and it gives an extremely thorough explanation.....wish I was a bit more intelligent so that I could understand it better