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the middle east a brief history of the last 2 000 years
in a sweeping and vivid survey renowned historian bernard lewis charts the history of the middle east over the last 2 000 years from the birth of christianity through the modern era focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it . elegantly sritten scholarly yet accessible the middle east is the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the worlds foremost authority on the middle east .
paperback touchstone books 1997 isbn 0684832801
abridged n isbn 13 9780684832807 number of pages 448 publisher simon & schuster release date 62135769600000