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A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam From the Prophet Muhammad to the 21st Century

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Full Title

A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam From the Prophet Muhammad to the 21st Century

Author(s)

David W. Lesch

Edition
ISBN

9780197587188, 9780197587140, 9780197587171

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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PDF and EPUB

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As David Lesch writes in his Preface, “Historians are a kind of secular priesthood, seemingly endowed with the power and means to select what is and what is not important for the rest of us.” In A History of the Middle East Since the Rise of Islam, Lesch focuses on the longue durée. Choosing the rise of Islam as the general beginning point of his one-volume history of the Middle East, Lesch argues that there is an indelible link between the rise of Islam and the overall environment that exists today in the region. The continuum of this chain of events is the primary focus of his book. Combining a comprehensive approach and an appealing, informal tone, Lesch offers the reader enough specifics to digest the flavor of particular periods, dynasties, movements, cultural markers, and ideological developments, yet general enough so that the totality of this history can be compared and contrasted. The result is a brilliant tour de force.