The a brief history of the last 2,000 years Lewis, Bernard 1916- creator text bibliography nyu New York, NY Scribner 1996, c1995 1996 monographic eng

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xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. 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. Bernard Lewis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index. aw----- Middle East History Medio Oriente Civilización Medio Oriente Antiguedades Civilización antigua Historia antigua Civilización cristiana Civilización islámica 439 DS 62 L594m 1996 956 0684807126 9780684807128 0684832801 (pbk.) : 9780684832807 (pbk.) DPB 970825 20230410103923.0 84732