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This volume compiles three introductory texts written by leading German scholars for students and a general audience. Many professors use all three books for introductory courses on the history of the Middle East, so we've combined them for the sake of efficiency - and students' wallets.
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An anthology of stories dealing with aging and the elderly.
* This work describes and analyses the different roles women have played in the Islamic world, past and present. Starting with Sharia regulations and their implications in societies throughout history, this book addresses the obstacles and opportunities women have faced, and still face, in various Islamic societies.
This title presents a comprehensive overview of the political movement that culminated in the state of Israel. The book explores the origins of Zionism within Jewish tradition, the variety of Zionist ideologies, and the political circumstances that fostered this movement.
"The Oxford Handbook of Peace History uniquely explores the distinctive dynamics of peacemaking across time and place, and analyzing how past and present societies have created diverse cultures of peace and applied strategies for peaceful change. The analysis draws upon the expertise of many well-respected and distinguished scholars from disciplines such as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, journalism, peace studies, sociology, and theology. This work is divided into six parts. The first three sections address the chronological sweep of peace history from the Ancient Egyptians to the present while the last three cover biographical profiles of peace advocates, key iss...
Oruno D. Lara explains the history of the Caribbean as a history of exploitation.