Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    A Short History of the Middle East: From Ancient Empires to Islamic State
    Unavailable
    A Short History of the Middle East: From Ancient Empires to Islamic State
    Unavailable
    A Short History of the Middle East: From Ancient Empires to Islamic State
    Ebook195 pages3 hours

    A Short History of the Middle East: From Ancient Empires to Islamic State

    By Gordon Kerr

    3.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Informative, fascinating and extremely well-researched...Gordon Kerr's book is a mini masterpiece' - ABC Brisbane Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of conquerors and peacemakers alike. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all had their genesis in the region but with them came not just civilisation and religion but also some of the great struggles of history. A Short History of the Middle East makes sense of the shifting sands of Middle Eastern History, beginning with the early cultures of the area and moving on to the Roman and Persian Empires; the growth of Christianity; the rise of Islam; the invasions from the east; Genghis Khan's Mongol hordes; the Ottoman Turks and the rise of radicalism in the modern world symbolised by Islamic State.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPocket Essentials
    Release dateFeb 25, 2016
    ISBN9781843446378
    Unavailable
    A Short History of the Middle East: From Ancient Empires to Islamic State
    Author

    Gordon Kerr

    Gordon Kerr worked in bookselling and publishing before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of several titles including A Short History of Europe, A Short History of Africa, A Short History of China, A Short History of Brazil, A Short History of the First World War,A Short History of the Vietnam War, A Short History of the Middle East, A Short History of Religion and The War That Never Ended. He divides his time between Dorset and Southwest France.

    Read more from Gordon Kerr

    Related to A Short History of the Middle East

    Related ebooks

    Middle Eastern History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      10 Forgotten African Empires

      Dec 31, 2020

      10 Forgotten African Empires
      8 min read

    • Article

      Who Were The Huns?

      Jun 16, 2022

      Who Were The Huns?
      9 min read

    • Article

      Rise & fall

      Oct 24, 2021

      Rise & fall
      2 min read

    • Article

      An Enigmatic empire Rises

      Feb 11, 2023

      An Enigmatic empire Rises
      11 min read

    • Article

      An Enigmatic empire Rises

      Feb 11, 2023

      An Enigmatic empire Rises
      11 min read

    • Article

      How Has Migration Changed The World?

      Jul 16, 2020

      How Has Migration Changed The World?
      10 min read

    • Article

      Oceans Between Us

      Oct 29, 2020

      Oceans Between Us
      2 min read

    • Article

      The (surprisingly) modern Middle Ages

      Sep 2, 2021

      In the middle of the 16th century, the historian John Foxe looked back at the great sweep of time since the birth of Christ, and decided that it could be sliced into three chunks. History, he suggested, began with the “primitive time”, when Christian

      9 min read

    • Article

      The Khanate of Crimea

      Dec 28, 2023

      The Khanate of Crimea
      7 min read

    • Article

      Key Events

      Oct 5, 2023

      Key Events
      3 min read

    • Article

      Theme The Middle Kingdom

      Oct 19, 2021

      Theme The Middle Kingdom
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Enemy Within

      Mar 2, 2020

      The Enemy Within
      6 min read

    • Article

      Huns And Guns

      Sep 25, 2023

      by Kenneth W Harl (Bloomsbury, $40) Empires come about through conquest and colonisation. Historians who take a longer view see this as a part of how civilisations rise and fall. Last year we saw international history professor Marc David Baer’s 500

      2 min read

    • Article

      Empire Of The Greats

      Apr 14, 2022

      Empire Of The Greats
      9 min read

    • Article

      Ancient Egypt

      Aug 18, 2023

      Ancient Egypt
      4 min read

    • Article

      A Clash Of Civilisations?

      May 14, 2020

      A Clash Of Civilisations?
      7 min read

    • Article

      Rise Of The Ottoman Empire

      Jun 16, 2022

      Jem Duducu is the author of The Sultans: The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Rulers and Their World. The 1290s were a time of chaos in the Middle East, where there were two rival empires vying for power. To the south, with their capital in Cairo, were t

      11 min read

    • Article

      Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II

      Oct 19, 2021

      Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II
      9 min read

    • Article

      Culture Chronicle

      Jul 4, 2021

      Culture Chronicle
      7 min read

    • Article

      Syria- “Where It All Began”

      Jun 19, 2019

      Don’t they say geography is destiny? I’m going to write about Syria for the next several articles, getting eventually to the coins. I started with the Wikipedia History of Syria, where I was reminded that this country contains several oldest in the w

      9 min read

    • Article

      The Crucible Of Alchemy

      Feb 28, 2020

      The Crucible Of Alchemy
      10 min read

    • Article

      The Burgeoning Roman Empire

      Aug 6, 2020

      The Burgeoning Roman Empire
      6 min read

    • Article

      BOOKS & PODCASTS

      Apr 14, 2022

      BOOKS & PODCASTS
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Europeans Take Over

      Mar 2, 2020

      ANYONE RIDING A horse automatically feels “superior” to people who are not riding horses. They feel that way because they are looking down on the pedestrians, knowing that the pedestrians will always get out of their way. On a horse, one “naturally”

      10 min read

    Reviews for A Short History of the Middle East

    3.5/5

    2 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      For a person who is interested in history and international politics and law this book is very useful. Please refer other books of the Author too.