The Middle East

Charting the successive transformations of the Middle East, this book covers the Roman and Persian empires, the growth of Christianity, the spread of Islam, the... » 

Charting the successive transformations of the Middle East, this book covers the Roman and Persian empires, the growth of Christianity, the spread of Islam, the Mongol hordes of Jengiz Khan, the Ottoman Turks, and the changing balance of power between the Muslim and Christian worlds. «