Hitti, Philip K.  1886-1978 <br/><br/>
The Near East in history,  a 5000 year story. 

 - Princeton, N.J.,  Van Nostrand  [1961] 
 - 574 p.  illus.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one: The preliterary age. The Near East in its world setting -- The setting of the stage -- From savagery to covilization through barbarism -- The dawn of history -- Part two: Ancient semitic times. The dynastic and imperial periods -- Religion and literature -- Secular writings -- Canaaties, Artmaenas and Hebrews -- Cultural contributions: literary and religious -- Part three: The Greco-Roman age. Alexander and his successors -- Hellenistic culture -- Under Roman rule -- Intellectual and religious activity: Christianity -- In Byzantine days -- Ecclesiastical, literary and artistic achievements -- Part four: The Islamic age. The Arabian prophet and the Koran -- Islam the religion -- The caliphal state: in Medina -- The Umayyad caliphate -- The rise of the Abbasids -- Society in Abbasid days -- The caliphate dismembered: successor states -- Crusaders, Ayyubids and mamluks -- Part five: in modern times, Ottomans and Persians. The Ottoman Empire -- Ottoman culture -- The young Turks and the republic -- Safawid Persia -- Qajars and involvement in European politics -- Stirrings of a new life -- The Phlawis and modernization -- Part six: The Arab states. Ottoman background heritage -- The Arab Crescent -- The Arabian Peninsula -- Teh Arab crescent and the west: modernization -- The mandates -- Independence. 
<br/><br/> Illustrations include col. front. and maps. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>^^^61001098^/L/r87 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--History
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS62  / .H68 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956