Veteran journalist and Ottoman historian Michael Rank brings you a concise history of 2,000 years of Middle Eastern war, peace, religious upstarts, and social breakdowns in this exciting new book.
To most Westerners the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appear utterly bewildering. Palestinians want to bomb Israelis that force them at gunpoint to live in restricted parts of the country. Arab leaders are furious about this situation and want Israelis “wiped off the map” and their land given back to Palestinians, even though the real estate of the Holy Land looks something like rural Utah. And nearly all the world’s leaders see fit to chime in on this dispute over the two tiny lands.
To untangle the modern Middle East conflict and the 2,000 years behind it, this book is divided into 25 concise chapters. Each one is devoted to a major theme in Middle East history, such as the beginning of Islam, the Crusades, Genghis Khan, and the beginning of Israel in 1948. They can be read in a few minutes, giving you a fast overview of the issues and help you to understand Middle East current events.
By the end you will know as much about Middle East history and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as you would after a year-long college course. You will also sound highly knowledgeable about world affairs to your friends and associates.
If you want to understand this part of the world completely in as short a time as possible, then "From Muhammed to Burj Khalifa" is for you!
This has consistently been one of my best-selling books, with sales as high as #800 in the Amazon store. Consistently sells hundreds of copies a month.
Introduction
My name is Michael Rank, and in this book I'm going to describe the entire history of the Middle East, from the beginning of civilization to post-Sept. 11. By the end you will know as much about the Middle East as you would after a year-long college course, sound highly knowledgeable about world affairs to your friends and associates, and learn all this in a just a few minutes a day.
To most Westerners the Middle East appears utterly bewildering. Palestinians want to bomb Israelis that force them at gunpoint to live in restricted parts of the country. Arab leaders are furious about this situation and want Israelis 'wiped off the map' and their land given back to Palestinians, even though the real estate of the Holy Land looks something like rural Utah. And nearly all the world's leaders see fit to chime in on this dispute, even though it's over a chunk of land the size of New Jersey.
Most people understand Israel to be the center stage of the Old Testament, and they understand that there is some kind of connection between the Israel of 4,000 years ago and the Israel of today. But whatever the modern country has in common with the ancient nation that lived in a theocratic state and saw its heyday centuries before Hellenic civilization is anyone's guess.
To begin our exploration it is important to understand that in many ways the history of the Middle East isn't that much different from Europe's. Although Middle Easterners share a common culture, they live in countries that are as different from one another as Italy is from Norway. There have been wars fought between these countries that are still a source of bitter disagreement.
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