Lewis, Bernard,  1916-2018 <br/><br/>
The Middle East :  a brief history of the last 2,000 years / 
Bernard Lewis. 
 - xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
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<br/><br/> Before Christianity --  Before Islam --  Origins --  The 'Abbasid Caliphate --  The coming of the Steppe peoples --  The Mongol aftermath --  The gunpowder empires --  The state --  The economy --  The elites --  The commonalty --  Religion and law --  Culture --  Challenge --  Change --  Response and reaction--  New ideas --  From war to war --  From freedom to freedom.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0684832801 (pbk.) :  $16.00 9780684832807 (pbk.) :  $16.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--History<br/>Ortadoğu--Tarih
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS62  / .L594 2003