A Concise History of the Middle East 9th Edition

Preface to the Ninth Edition xv 1 Introduction 1 What Is History? 2 Then and Now, There and Here, 4 The Physical Setting, 6 Some Descriptive Geography, 6 Conclusion, 12 2 The Middle East Before Muhammad 13 Persia and Rome, 14 The Arabs, 18 Conclusion, 23 3 The Prophet of Mecca 25 Muhammad’s Early Life, 26 The Emigration (Hijra), 30 AISHA BINT ...

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