A companion to the history of the Middle East.9781405106818 A companion to the history of the Middle East This article is a general overview of the history of the Middle East. For more detailed information, see articles on the histories of individual countries and regions. For discussion of the issues surrounding the definition of the area see the article on Middle East. . Ed. by Youssef M. Choueiri. Blackwell Publishing 2005 302 pages $124.95 Hardcover Blackwell companions to world history DS62 Twenty-six papers are presented by Choueiri (Oxford U., UK) as representative of some of the most important aspects of the history of the Middle East and as a companion to further study. Papers begin with discussion of the formative period of Islam from its founding to the establishment of the Caliphate caliphate (kăl`ĭfāt', -fĭt), the rulership of Islam; caliph (kăl`ĭf'), the spiritual head and temporal ruler of the Islamic state. . Cultural traditions and social structures are examined in papers on the concept of the "Ulama" (the Muslim community), Shi'ism, and Sufi'ism. Imperial structures and dynastic rules are explored in discussions of North African North Africa A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. North African adj. & n. Adj. 1. states and the Mamluk (military slave) institution. Papers on urban life, European colonialism, and the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire (ŏt`əmən), vast state founded in the late 13th cent. by Turkish tribes in Anatolia and ruled by the descendants of Osman I until its dissolution in 1918. are followed by a section dealing with postcolonial post·co·lo·ni·al adj. Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics. issues such as the rise of Arab, Turkish, and Iranian nationalisms Iranian Nationalism is the term given to describe a political movement that has been in existence in the Iran for thousands of years to maintain Iranian identity by keeping Iranian culture and Iranian languages and oppose cultural assimilation in the long history of Iran which ; Zionism and the issue of Palestine; political parties and trade unions; political life and the military; and political economy. The final group of papers focuses0 on modern and contemporary issues, including oil and development, modernization and the social status of women, politics and religion, and prospects for the states-system in the Middle East. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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