Kategoria BISAC: History >> Middle East - General

Die altesten Stucke des Jeremiabuches, die sich den Arbeiten von K.-F. Pohlmann (1978), C. Levin (1985) und K. Schmid (1996) zufolge u.a. im Bereich von Jer 4-6; 8-10 befinden, beklagen die Verwustung des Landes durch einen von Norden kommenden Feind. Sie nennen allerdings weder den Namen Jeremia, noch lassen sie sich im altorientalischen Sinn als -prophetisch- bezeichnen.

Unter diesem Aspekt werden die Klagen in Jer 4,19-22; 6,9-15; 8,18-23; 10,19-25 historisch-kritisch untersucht und einem umfassenden Vergleich mit der altorientalischen Klageliteratur des kalu unterzogen. Die...

Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique -golden age- (late fourth/early fifth to seventh century) and the so-called Byzantine -reconquista- (post-AD 965) while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized, supposedly, by the division of the political sovereignty between the Umayyads and the Byzantines, bringing about the social and demographic dislocation of the population of the island. This book proposes a different story of continuities and slow transformations in the fate of Cyprus between the late sixth and the early ninth centuries.

9/11 and the subsequent war on terror have misleadingly reinforced the idea of a world politics based on a ‘civilizational’ clash. While post-9/11 Afghan society appears to be troubled with a conflict between so-called Islamic-terrorist and secular-democratic forces, the need for an alternative understanding to pave the way for peace has become paramount.

This book uses a critical theoretical perspective to highlight the hidden political and economic factors underlying the so-called civilizational conflict in post-9/11 Afghanistan. It further demonstrates how a...

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Ḥamd-Allāh Mustaufī was a fourteenth-century historian and geographer. His Nuzhat al-qulūb (Hearts' delight) sets out to give a description of Iran in the form of a gazetteer. Despite some repetition of previous accounts, there are many snippets of up to date information embedded in his...

A moving collection of poetry and memoir by Rana Abdulfattah, a young Syrian woman writing in exile in Istanbul, that highlights the corrosive impact on heart and mind of being prevented from going home.

A History of the Muslim World to 1750 traces the development of Muslim civilizations from the career of the Prophet Muhammad to the Ottoman conquest of the Middle East. Coverage includes the unification of the Dar a1-Islam (the territory ruled by Muslims), the fragmentation into various religious and political groups including the Shi'ite and Sunni, and the series of catastrophes in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that threatened to destroy the civilization. The book offers students a balanced coverage of the Muslim world encompassing the region from the Iberian Peninsula to South...

Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist?

The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the "Phoenicians" never actually existed. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this monumental book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product...

Looking at numerous case studies ranging from Mauritania to Iraq, the book finds that these factors are common to all Arab countries to have experienced coups in the last century. It also finds that the opposite is true in cases like Jordan, where strong civilian control and the...

The GCC is a major player in the post-2011 reordering of the Middle East. Despite the rise in prominence of individual Gulf states--especially Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates--and the growth of the GCC as a collective entity, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the actual mechanics of policy-making in the region.

This book analyzes the vital role that institutions are coming to play in shaping policy in the Gulf Arab states. The research coincides with two key developments that have given institutions new importance in the policy process: the...

Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state. In democracies, the spy chief has become a public figure, and intelligence activities have been brought under the rule of law. In authoritarian regimes, however, the spy chief was and remains a frightening and opaque figure who exercises secret influence abroad and engages in repression at home.

This second volume of Spy Chiefs goes beyond the commonly studied spy chiefs of the United States and the United Kingdom to examine...