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050	0	0	_aDS62 _b.L594 1997
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100	1		_aLewis, Bernard, _d1916- _eauthor. _9229161
245	1	4	_aThe Middle East : _ba brief history of the last 2,000 years / _cBernard Lewis.
250			_aFirst Touchstone edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bTouchstone, _c1997.
264		4	_c©1995
300			_axii, 433 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 394-396) and index.
505	0		_aAntecedents -- Before Christianity -- Before Islam -- The dawn and noon of islam -- Origins -- The 'Abbasid caliphate -- The coming of the steppe peoples -- The Mongol aftermath -- The gunpowder empires -- Cross-sections -- The state -- The economy -- The elites -- The commonalty -- Religion and law -- Culture -- The challenge of modernity -- Challenge -- Change -- Response and reaction -- New ideas -- From war to war -- From freedom to freedom.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xHistory _9500660
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