{"product_id":"9781849047968-the-near-east-a-cultural-history","title":"The Near East A Cultural History","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: This ambitious and wide - ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey Iraq Syria Lebanon Jordan Israel Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States) from the genesis of civilisation in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilisations and cultures that dominated the region one that has had an immense impact on the development of humankind ever since the ancient Sumerians invented urban living and writing around 3200 BCE. Later the Babylonians and the Assyrians built upon the Sumerian legacy. They were the world's earliest great powers whose actions in the cradle of monotheism influenced Judaism and eventually Christianity and Islam. The Near East discusses the long eras of Arab Persian and Ottoman rule and the destabilising intervention of Western colonial powers. Cotterell's book is a timely reminder of how historical events have shaped the outlooks of various peoples just as political turbulence in the Near East is challenging both neighbouring countries and the wider world.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Near East A Cultural History\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Cotterell Arthur\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: C Hurst \u0026amp; Co Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781849047968\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 388 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Middle Eastern History","brand":"Cotterell Arthur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49625902776625,"sku":"IN-G-9781849047968","price":40.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781849047968-the-near-east-a-cultural-history","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}