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The Near East
- A Cultural History
Engelsk Hardback
The Near East
- A Cultural History
Engelsk Hardback

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This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States), from the genesis of civilisation in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilisations and cultures that dominated the region, one that has had an immense impact on the development of humankind, ever since the ancient Sumerians invented urban living and writing around 3200 BCE. Later, the Babylonians and the Assyrians built upon the Sumerian legacy. They were the world''s earliest great powers, whose actions in the cradle of monotheism influenced Judaism and, eventually, Christianity and Islam. The Near East discusses the long eras of Arab, Persian and Ottoman rule, and the destabilising intervention of Western colonial powers. Cotterell''s book is a timely reminder of how historical events have shaped the outlooks of various peoples, just as political turbulence in the Near East is challenging both neighbouring countries and the wider world.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
388
ISBN-13:
9781849047968
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1849047960
Udg. Dato:
13 jul 2017
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
242mm
Højde:
183mm
Forlag:
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Oplagsdato:
13 jul 2017
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