01864cam a2200445Ia 4500 84732 20230410103923.0 970825r19961995nyuabf b 001 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocm37522095 DPB DPB XDM JYJ BAKER BTCTA 0684807126 9780684807128 0684832801 (pbk.) : $15.00 9780684832807 (pbk.) NZ1 7450476 AU@ 000025094627 (OCoLC)37522095 aw----- 439 DS 62 L594m 1996 956 GRAL Lewis, Bernard, 1916- The Middle East : a brief history of the last 2,000 years / Bernard Lewis. New York, NY : Scribner, 1996, c1995. xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index. Antecedents -- Before Christianity -- Before Islam -- The dawn and noon of islam -- Origins -- The 'Abbasid caliphate -- The coming of the steppe peoples -- The Mongol aftermath -- The gunpowder empires -- Cross-sections -- The state -- The economy -- The elites -- The commonalty -- Religion and law -- Culture -- The challenge of modernity -- Challenge -- Change -- Response and reaction -- New ideas -- From war to war -- From freedom to freedom. Middle East History. Medio Oriente Civilización. Medio Oriente Antiguedades. Civilización antigua. Historia antigua. Civilización cristiana. Civilización islámica. Baker and Taylor BTCP bl 99790901 Baker & Taylor BKTY 17.00 12.75 0684832801 0002967115 active lcc bk C0 DRFGD MF 28459 28459 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 439 DS 62 L594m 1996 00000073089 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk