A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam: From the Prophet Muhammad to the 21st Century - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197587140ISBN-10:197587143UPC:9780197587140Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle EastBook Topic:EgyptSize:9.32 x 6.16 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCFFD0DBN3
A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam: From the Prophet Muhammad to the 21st Century
As David Lesch writes in his Preface, "Historians are a kind of secular priesthood, seemingly endowed with the power and means to select what is and what is not important for the rest of us." In A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam, Lesch focuses on the longue dur?e. Choosing the rise of Islam as the general beginning point of his one-volume history of the Middle East, Lesch...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197587140ISBN-10:197587143UPC:9780197587140Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Middle EastBook Topic:EgyptSize:9.32 x 6.16 x 0.79 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCFFD0DBN3
David W. Lesch is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History in the Department of History at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He received his M.A. and PhD in Middle East History from Harvard University. He is the author or editor of 16 books and overall has over 140 publications. He has also published numerous articles in leading journals, chapters in books, and opinion essays...
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