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Middle East History
Middle East
Middle East, term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait), and Egypt and Libya. The area was viewed as midway between Europe and East Asia (traditionally called the Far East). The term is sometimes used in a cultural sense to mean the group of lands in that part of the world predominantly Islamic in culture, thus including the remaining states of N Africa as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the 20th cent. the Middle East has been the scene of political turmoil and major warfare, including World War I, World War II, the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf Wars.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2012, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
The Modern Middle East: A Sourcebook for History
Camron Michael Amin; Benjamin C. Fortna; Elizabeth Frierson. Oxford University Press, 2006
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Camron Michael Amin; Benjamin C. Fortna; Elizabeth Frierson. Oxford University Press, 2006
State, Power, and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East
Roger Owen. Routledge, 2000 (2nd edition)
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Roger Owen. Routledge, 2000 (2nd edition)
Studies in Eighteenth Century Islamic History
Thomas Naff; Roger Owen. Southern Illinois University Press, 1977
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Thomas Naff; Roger Owen. Southern Illinois University Press, 1977
The Middle East from the Iran-Contra Affair to the Intifada
Robert O. Freedman. Syracuse University Press, 1991
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Robert O. Freedman. Syracuse University Press, 1991