the middle east a brief history of the last 2000 years
in a sweeping and vivid survey renowned historian bernard lewis charts the history of the middle east over the last 2000 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 .
a popular history of the middle east traces the rise and spread of islam throughout this volatile region the impact of western ideas and technology and islamic fundamentalism and its struggle to control the spread of western thought