The Near East in history : a 5000 year story / by Philip K. Hitti.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Van Nostrand, [1961]Description: 574 p. : illus. , 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - 956
- DS62 .H68
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| 956.94/4JAGje Jerusalem, most fair of cities : | 956ARMmi Middle East : | 956FISmi The Middle East : | 956HITne The Near East in history : | 956JANjo Jošuini nasljednici : | 956PAYho The holy sword : | 956ROBla Later biblical researches in Palestine, and in the adjacent regions : |
Part one: The preliterary age. The Near East in its world setting --
The setting of the stage --
From savagery to covilization through barbarism --
The dawn of history --
Part two: Ancient semitic times. The dynastic and imperial periods --
Religion and literature --
Secular writings --
Canaaties, Artmaenas and Hebrews --
Cultural contributions: literary and religious --
Part three: The Greco-Roman age. Alexander and his successors --
Hellenistic culture --
Under Roman rule --
Intellectual and religious activity: Christianity --
In Byzantine days --
Ecclesiastical, literary and artistic achievements --
Part four: The Islamic age. The Arabian prophet and the Koran --
Islam the religion --
The caliphal state: in Medina --
The Umayyad caliphate --
The rise of the Abbasids --
Society in Abbasid days --
The caliphate dismembered: successor states --
Crusaders, Ayyubids and mamluks --
Part five: in modern times, Ottomans and Persians. The Ottoman Empire --
Ottoman culture --
The young Turks and the republic --
Safawid Persia --
Qajars and involvement in European politics --
Stirrings of a new life --
The Phlawis and modernization --
Part six: The Arab states. Ottoman background heritage --
The Arab Crescent --
The Arabian Peninsula --
Teh Arab crescent and the west: modernization --
The mandates --
Independence.
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