Middle Eastern history Books

Book SynopsisThis volume explores the transition from the old regime to modern forms of sovereignty in the Middle East. By rereading Tocqueville's classic, The Old Régime and the French Revolution, through an Ottoman prism this study probes the unresolved paradoxes in his analysis of institutional change while documenting an old regime that has remained in the shadows of modern history. Each section of the book explores a specific dimension of Ottoman sovereignty – space, hierarchy, and vernacular governance – through a detailed examination of a particular 18th century document. An Ottoman perspective on the eighteenth century not only furnishes critical pieces of the old-regime puzzle. It also illustrates how an uncritical reception of Tocqueville's model of modernization has obscured the ongoing interaction between the “Eurasian” and Westphalian state systems and parallel processes of sociopolitical change.Trade Review'Par sa nouveauté, son audance et les perspectives qu’il ouvre, le livre de Salzmann s’impose d’emblée comme une référence.' Hamit Bozarslan, Revue d’Études Turques, 2004. 'Salzmann has produced a work that is going to be both a landmark in Ottoman studies and a bridge to other fields and disciplines'. Selim Deringil, Mediterranean Historical Review 2005.

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Book SynopsisThis laudable work offers a study, translation and partial edition of one of the most important early Mamluk sources and its author. In addition to the work's contribution to Mamluk history, it also makes a significant contribution towards the ultimate goal of having the key texts of early Mamluk historiography accessible to scholars. In this first volume the life and work of al-Yūnīnī (d. 1326), the textual history of his Chronicle, its historiographic significance and textual filiation with other independent sources are presented and discussed.Trade Review'...une étape importante de la recherché sur le début de l'historiographie mamelouke en general et sur al-Yūnīnī en particulier.' Anne-Marie Eddé, Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques, 2001.

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Book SynopsisThe celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Walīd b. ‘Abd al-Malik. This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual, visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative features of the Umayyad mosque, to locate it within its broader urban context, and to consider its role within al-Walīd's unprecedented programme of architectural patronage. The work explores the intracultural and intercultural functions of religious architecture within an official visual discourse intended to project a distinctive Muslim identity in a manner determined by Umayyad political aspirations. It will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the Umayyad caliphate and Byzantium.Trade Review'...a compelling account...a book that will be read with profit by all those concerned with the material culture of the Early Islamic and Byzantine worlds.’ Marcus Milwright, Journal of Islamic Studies. '...this is a superbly informed, enthusiastically written, imaginatively crafted book for the historian of art or culture.' Oleg Grabar, JSAH, 2001.

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating study examines the customs, legal codes, and socioeconomic mechanisms that evolved from the initial Christian-Muslim encounter on Crusader battlefields. It pinpoints changes in European mentality, and conduct of war, tracing acculturation processes in Frankish society in the Levant. These changes emerged from the need to redeem captives, making payment of ransom to the infidel conceivable and acceptable. The book pays special attention to the story of the vanquished, to the situation of women, to the behavior of the Military Orders toward captives, and to the image of the captive in Crusader literature, in the context of making war and peace.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2002 Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize (awarded every year for an outstanding publication in the field of Land of Israel studies in memory of the second president of the State of Israel, Izhak Ben-Zvi). '...a very welcome addition to the scholarly literature not only on the crusades but on the practice of medieval warfare in general.' Alan V. Murray, Crusades, 2006. ‘…un livre indéniablement remarquable…‘ Leo Carruthers, Le Moyen Age, 2003. ‘Friedman advances a bold thesis and brings forward an impressive array of evidence to support it.‘ James A. Brundage, The International History Review, 2002.Table of ContentsTables and Illustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The First Encounters – Crusaders Face Captivity 2. Prisoners of War in the Levant 3. The Western Legacy 4. Later Encounters 5. Life in Captivity 6. The Way out of Captivity 7. Weak and Violated? The Experience of Women 8. Charity and Prestige – The Military Orders and the Ransom of Captives 9. Shameful Failure or Romantic Hero – Images of Captivity 10. Ransom on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis publication presents the results of several years of archaeometallurgical surveys and excavations in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. In addition instrumental analyses of metal artifacts spanning from the aceramic Neolithic to the end of the second millennium B.C. (8000-2000 B.C.) placed within their archaeological contexts are presented as precursors to the rise of technologically sophisticated metal industries in Anatolia.Trade Review'Die Arbeit überzeugt also nicht nur durch ihre Argumentation, sondern auch durch die Begleitdokumentation und der Verfasser verdient für diese synthetische, übersichtliche und aktuelle Bearbeitung eines wichtigen Themas unseren Dank.' Jana Siegelová, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2002.

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Book SynopsisThis is a groundbreaking book on the origins of Israel, taking into account the contexts of geography, anthropology, and sociology, and drawing on a careful analysis of archaeological and written evidence. Thompson argues that none of the traditional models for the origin of biblical Israel in terms of conquest, peaceful settlement, or revolution are viable. The ninth and eighth century BC State of Israel is a product of the Mediterranean economy. The development of the ethnic concept of biblical Israel finds its context in history first at the time of the Persian renaissance. The volume presents a clear historical context and an interpretative matrix for the Bible.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the hardcover edition: 'His book is a work of tremendous scholarship. He has been meticulous in his research, and brave in expressing what many of us have thought intuitively for a long time but have been reticent in saying.' Jonathan Tubb, The Independent on Sunday, 1993. '...a volume to recommend to others.' J. Andrew Dearman, New History of American Jews. 'A stimulating book, bound to provoke much discussion...' Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete, 1992/93. 'Thompson gives an extensive and extremely useful survey of the various theories about the origin of Israel… an important book.' SOTS Bl, 1993.

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Book SynopsisFor almost a century scholars have been perplexed by Cypro-Phoenician (or Black-on-Red) pottery. In this major study, Dr. Schreiber’s research, coupled with her own work in the field, resolves the pottery’s origin and provides a fresh assessment of the chronology of the region. Transporting perfumed oil around the Mediterranean and Near East, the pottery offers valuable clues to Iron Age trade - shipping, cargoes, and trading entrepots. Dr Schreiber investigates the sources of perfumed oil and the relative roles of Cyprus and Phoenicia in trade to the Aegean islands. The book provides archaeologists and historians with a work of key significance in unravelling the human narrative of the early centuries of the 1st millennium BC.

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Book SynopsisThis volume consists of 19 studies by leading historians of the Mamluks. Drawing on primary Arabic sources, the studies discuss central political, military, urban, social, administrative, economic, financial and religious aspects of the Mamluk Empire that was established in 1250 by Mamluks (manumitted military slaves, mostly Turks and Circassians). It was a Sunni orthodox state that had a formidable military, a developed and sophisticated economy, a centralized Arab bureaucracy and prestigious religious and educational institutions. There are special articles about Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Safed and Acre. The last part of the volume describes the Mamluk military class that survived in Egypt (although in a transformed form) under the Ottoman suzerainty after the Empire annexed Egypt and Syria in 1517. With contributions by Reuven Aharoni, Reuven Amitai, Frederic Bauden, Jonathan Berkey, Daniel Crecelius, Joseph Drory, Jane Hathaway, Robert Irwin, Donald Little, Nimrod Luz, Carl Petry, Thomas Philipp, Yossef Rapoport, André Raymond, Donald S. Richards, Warren Schultz and Hannah Taragan.Trade Review'Overall, this volume provides informative reading about the medieval Mamluk system and should increase understanding of and, perhaps, provoke further thought about the current state of conflict in that region of the world. The articles will probably be of greatest scholarly value to those individuals seeking to clarify or enhance their own arguments via previous research published on some particular aspect of the Mamluk system.' Emma Hawkins, The Medieval Review, 2006.Table of ContentsPreface .. ix List of Abbreviations .. xi List of Illustrations .. xiii Introduction .. xv Part One: The Formative Stage of the Mamluk Sultanate 1. Doors that Open Meanings: Baybars’s Red Mosque at Safed .. 3 Hanna Taragan 2. The Mongol Occupation of Damascus in 1300: A Study of Mamluk Loyalties .. 21 Reuven Amita i Part Two: Mamluk Archival Evidence 3. Glimpses of Provincial Mamluk Society from the Documents of the Oaram al-Sharif in Jerusalem .. 45 Donald Richards 4. The Recovery of Mamluk Chancery Documents in an Unsuspected Place .. 59 Frédéric Bauden Part Three: Continuity and Change in the Mamluk Army 5. The Sultan’s Laqab: A Sign of a New Order in Mamluk Factionalism? .. 79 Amalia Levanoni 6. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Sultanate Reconsidered .. 117 Robert Irwin Part Four: Provincial Administration in Mamluk Palestine 7. The Governance of Jerusalem under Qaytbay .. 143 Donald Little 8. Founding a New Mamlaka: Some Remarks Concerning Safed and the Organization of the Region in the Mamluk period .. 163 Joseph Drory Part Five: Ibn Taymiyya and Mamluk Society 9. Ibn Taymiyya on Divorce Oaths .. 191 Yossef Rapoport Part Six: Mamluk Economy 10. The Circulation of Dirhams in the Bahri Period .. 221 Warren Schultz 11. The mu˙tasibs of Cairo under the Mamluks: Toward an Understanding of an Islamic Institution .. 245 Jonathan Berkey 12. The Estate of al-Khuwand Fatima al-Khassbakiyya: Royal Spouse, Autonomous Investor .. 277 Carl Petry Part Seven: The Mamluks in Syria 13. Mamluks and their Households in Late Mamluk Damascus: A waqf Study .. 297 Michael Winter 14. The Last Mamluk Household .. 317 Thomas Philipp 15. Urban Residential Houses in Mamluk Syria: Forms, Characteristics and the Impact of Socio-cultural Forces .. 339 Nimrod Luz Part Eight: The Mamluks in Ottoman Egypt 16. The Wealth of the Egyptian Emirs at the End of the Seventeenth Century .. 359 André Raymond 17. Problems of 'Abd al-Ra˙man Katkhuda’s Leadership of the Qazdughli Faction .. 373 Daniel Crecelius 18. Mamluk “revivals” and Mamluk Nostalgia in Ottoman Egypt .. 387 Jane Hathaway 19. Bedouin and Mamluks in Egypt—Co-existence in a State of Duality .. 407 Reuven Aharoni Index .. 435

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Book SynopsisExploring the origins and development of the Syrian identity, during the 18th and 19th centuries, through the role of Christian Arab intellectuals and merchants, Ottomans and American missionaries, this volume examines its background, stages of evolution, and components. It shows that the contribution of these Christian Arabs, despite their relatively small number, lies in the processes they set in motion, being the first to promote territorial concepts along with a secular interpretation of Arab culture. This Syrian identity constitutes an innovative case study in the broader discipline of proto-national identity and the study of the development of local identities in Middle Eastern countries. It is also a vital basis for research of 20th century Syrian nationalism.Trade ReviewTel-Aviv prize for Middle-East publications in the book category

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Book SynopsisHistorical Muscat is an attempt to define and explain the historical environment that determined the significance and design of Oman’s capital city Muscat, its twin city Matrah, and their environs prior to 1970. It also examines how the development of the Muscat conurbation since 1970 has transcended the historical boundaries of the existing settlements and how the process of development has proceeded largely without any consideration of the impact on Muscat’s tangible or remembered history. At the heart of the book is a historical gazetteer of forts, gates, palaces, mosques, houses, quarters, settlements, and other sites covering the broader Muscat region from Bandar Jissah to al-Sib. The text is accompanied by a large number of illustrations, including maps from various eras and both historical and more contemporary photographs.Trade Review"The gazetteer is an invaluable guide to residents and visitors who will wish to explore the older quarters of the city, and perhaps as they read pause and reflect on the villages that have been cleared away to make room for hotels and airports." Peter Clark in Asian Studies, March 2009

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Book SynopsisNotwithstanding the spectacular upswing in the research, there are areas of Ottoman slavery that have still not received the attention they deserve. This volume intends to take a step towards bridging this gap. The twelve studies it contains are organised around connected themes: the hunt for, the trade in and the treatment of captives in the Balkans and in Central Europe. The area under scrutiny is focussed on Hungary, and some other border regions extending from the Crimea to Malta. It offers both an analytic and synthetic approach based on a great deal of so far unpublished Ottoman and European archival material. It not only examines Christian slavery in the Ottoman Empire, but also provides greater insight into the tribulations of Ottoman slaves in the Christian world and sheds light on the devastating effect of captive-related transactions on trade and sometimes on the financial position of whole communities.

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Book SynopsisWritten nearly a thousand years ago, Al-Warraq's cookbook is the most comprehensive work of its kind. This traditional cookbook with more than 600 recipes from the luxurious cuisine of medieval Islam is also a rare guide to the contemporary culinary culture.Trade ReviewGourmand World Cookbook Award 2007 for best translated cookbook Honorable mention of the Arab American National Museum Book Award 2007 "[...] this is an impressive piece of scholarship and a joy to read both for pleasure and for more sober historical reflection on the ways medieval bourgeois Arab Muslim, and also Christian and Jewish urbanites, enjoyed themselves at table." David Waines, Dept of Religious Studies, Lancaster University, Journal of Semitic Studies, Vol. 54, 2009. "[...] this is a major resource that should be in every university library and will be consulted for years to come by anyone who is interested in the history of cuisine in the Middle East." Daniel Martin Varisco, Hofstra University, Review of Middle East Studies, 2009 "Nawal Nasrallah's impressive translation of the tenth-century Baghdadi cookbook by Ibn-Sayyar al-Warraq provides a valuable resource for understanding medieval Baghdadi culture through culinary tradition." Leyla Rouhi, Williams College, Gastronomica, 2010

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Book SynopsisRevisiting al-Andalus brings together a range of recent scholarship on the material culture of Islamic Iberia, highlighting especially the new directions that have developed in the Anglo-American branch of this field since the 1992 catalogue of the influential exhibition, Al-Andalus: the Art of Islamic Spain. Together with examples of recent Spanish scholarship on medieval architecture and urbanism, the volume’s contributors (historians of art and architecture, archaeologists, and architects) explore topics such as the relationship between Andalusi literature and art; architecture, urbanism, and court culture; domestic architecture; archaeology as a tool for analyzing economic and architectural history; cultural transfer between the Iberian Peninsula and the New World; 19th-century “rediscovery” of al-Andalus; and modern architectural and historiographical attempts to construct an Andalusi cultural identity. Contributors include: Antonio Almagro, Glaire D. Anderson, Rebecca Bridgman, María Judith Feliciano, Kathryn Ferry, Pedro Jiménez, Julio Navarro, Camila Mileto, Antonio Orihuela, Jennifer Roberson, Cynthia Robinson, Mariam Rosser-Owen, Antonio Vallejo Triano, and Fernando Vegas.Trade Review“Es de agradecer… que en el libro se intenten abordar los temas con puntos de vista renovados. Los artículos proponen nuevos enfoques… y algunos lo hacen desde atractivas aproximaciones pluridisciplinares que abren perspectivas inéditas en el estudio de la cultura material de al-Andalus.” Susana Calvo Capilla, Al-Qantara XXX/1 (January-June 2009), pp. 274-9 “Revisiting al-Andalus marque cependant une inflexion d’importance par rapport à son illustre devancier… Les ouvelles perspectives ici ménagées font la part belle à la réflexion archéologique et à l’étude de la culture matérielle... des bonnes surprises contenues dans Revisiting al-Andalus... Destiné avant tout à un public anglo-saxon, l’ouvrage remplit bien son rôle de «produit d’appel» à de nouvelles investigations portant sur al-Andalus. ...Formons l’espoir que Revisiting al-Andalus suscite, en la matière, de nouvelles vocations dans le champ académique anglais et américain, et permette aux remarquables travaux des collègues espagnols et portugais (et plus largement européens) de connaître enfin l’audience et la reconnaissance qu’ils méritent.” Jean-Pierre van Staëvel, Bulletin Critique des Annales Islamologiques (BCAI) 24 (2008), pp. 153-5Table of ContentsList of Illustrations . vii Contributors . xv Introduction . xvii Glaire D. Anderson and Mariam Rosser-Owen Part I 1. Architecture and Urbanism in Umayyad Córdoba Madīnat al-Zahrā: Transformation of a Caliphal City .. 3 Antonio Vallejo Triano 2. The Dwellings of Madīnat al-Zahrā: a Methodological Approach . 27 Antonio Almagro 3. Villa (munya) Architecture in Umayyad Córdoba: Preliminary Considerations .. 53 Glaire D. Anderson Part II 4. Reading the Regency: Poems in Stone: the Iconography of Āmirid Poetry, and Its ‘Petrifi cation’ on Āmirid Marbles .. 83 Mariam Rosser-Owen 5. Love in the Time of Fitna: ‘Courtliness’ and the ‘Pamplona’ Casket . 99 Cynthia Robinson Part III 6. Uncovering Almohad Iberia: Evolution of the Andalusi Urban Landscape: from the Dispersed to the Saturated Medina .. 115 Julio Navarro and Pedro Jiménez 7. Re-Examining Almohad Economies in South-western al-Andalus through Petrological Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics . 143 Rebecca Bridgman Part IV 8. Conquest and Colonisers: al-Andalus and Beyond in the Sixteenth Century The Andalusi House in Granada (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries) . 169 Antonio Orihuela 9. Understanding Architectural Change at the Alhambra: Stratigraphic Analysis of the Western Gallery, Court of the Myrtles . 193 Camilla Mileto and Fernando Vegas 10. Sixteenth-Century Viceregal Ceramics and the Creation of a Mudéjar Myth in New Spain . 207 María Judith Feliciano Part V 11. Myth and Modernity: Constructions of al-Andalus Owen Jones and the Alhambra Court at the Crystal Palace .. 225 Kathryn Ferry 12. Visions of al-Andalus in Twentieth-Century Spanish Mosque Architecture .. 245 Jennifer Roberson Bibliography . 269 Index .

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Book SynopsisIn a series of essays devoted to key terms and ideas in Islam, Bravmann argues on the basis of pre-Islamic and early Islamic texts for an Arabian background to the rise of the religion. In pursuing a through philological examination of the evidence, Bravmann finds core values and ideas of Islam deeply embedded in ancient Arab linguistic expression. His work continues to provide a critical element in the debates about the emergence of Islam and cannot be ignored by anyone trying to assess the complex historiographical problems that surround the issue.Trade Review"...a must for the library of every Arabist and Islamologist." – S.D. Goitein, in: JAOS, 1974 "This work is to be most thoroughly recommended." – W. Montgomery Watt, in: Bull. of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1973 "...un riche champ d'investigations à la sociologie religieuse." – Jean-Pierre Charnay, in: Archives de Sociologie des Religions "...l'érudition philologique redoutable de M.M. Bravmann." – O. Carré, in: Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, 1976 "Bravmann's careful philological studies provide helpful data..." – A.T. Welch, in: Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, 1978

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Book SynopsisThe twelfth-century Iranian mystic ‘Ayn al-Quḍāt al-Hamadhānī (d. 1131) wrote vividly of his explorations of death as a state of consciousness which he experienced while alive. This state and his visions of Doomsday and the innumerable non-corporeal worlds that lie past the world of matter confront him with paradoxical realities that upset the notional understanding of faith. The present book concerns itself with a discussion on the subject of death as it is viewed by one of the defining mystic scholars of medieval Iran. Based on medieval manuscripts and primary sources in classical Persian and Arabic, this book explores the significance of this important Iranian mystic and his insights on the nature of reality in light of death.Trade Review"... this monograph provides a valuable and thought-provoking study of ʿAyn al-Qudat al-Hamadhani's works." Stephen Burge in Journal of Shiʿa Islamic Studies 5.1 (2012), 98-101. “Beyond Death […] offers readers a glimpse into the sublime nature of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s vision. And this is surely because Papan-Matin’s translations from the Tamhīdāt are often able to capture, with considerable beauty, the soaring and tantalizingly elliptical nature of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt’s Persian prose.” Mohammed Rustom in Journal of Sufi Studies 2.2 (2013), 203-206. DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341258

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Book SynopsisThis second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia. Stress is upon the ability of free-standing sculpture and public monuments not only to reflect cultural attitudes, but to affect a viewing audience. Using Sumerian and Akkadian texts as well as works, the power of visual experience is pursued toward an understanding not only of the monuments but of their times and our own. "These beautifully produced volumes bring together essays written over a 35-year period, creating a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts...No library should be without this impressive collection." J.C. ExumTable of ContentsChapter Sixteen- After the Battle is Over: The Stele of the Vultures and the Beginning of Historical Narrative in the Art of the Ancient Near East Chapter Seventeen- Eannatum and the “King of Kiš”?: Another Look at the Stele of the Vultures and “Cartouches” in Early Sumerian Chapter Eighteen- Women in Public: The Disk of Enheduanna, the Beginning of the Office of En-Priestess, and the Weight of Visual Evidence Chapter Nineteen- Sex, Rhetoric, and the Public Monument: The Alluring Body of Naram-Sîn of Agade Chapter Twenty- Tree(s) on the Mountain: Landscape and Territory on the Victory Stele of Naram-Sîn of Agade Chapter Twenty-One- How Tall was Naram-Sîn’s Victory Stele? Speculation on the Broken Bottom Chapter Twenty-Two- The Body of the Able Ruler: Toward an Understanding of the Statues of Gudea Chapter Twenty-Three- ‘Idols of the King’: Royal Images as Recipients of Ritual Action in Ancient Mesopotamia EXPERIENCING ‘ART’ AND ARTIFACT Chapter Twenty-Four- Representing Abundance: A Visual Dimension of the Agrarian State Chapter Twenty-Five- Reading Ritual in the Archaeological Record: Deposition Pattern and Function of Two Artifact Types from the Royal Cemetery of Ur Chapter Twenty-Six-“Surpassing Work”: Mastery of Materials and the Value of Skilled Production in Ancient Sumer Chapter Twenty-Seven- The Aesthetic Value of Lapis Lazuli in Mesopotamia Chapter Twenty-Eight- Agency Marked, Agency Ascribed: The Affective Object in Ancient Chapter Twenty-Nine- “Seat of Kingship”/“A Wonder to Behold”: The Palace as Construct in the Ancient Near East Chapter Thirty- Opening the Eyes and Opening the Mouth: The Utility of Comparing Images in Worship in India and the Ancient Near East Chapter Thirty-One- The Affective Properties of Styles: An Inquiry into Analytical Process and the Inscription of Meaning in Art History VIEWING (IN) THE PAST AND THE PRESENT Chapter Thirty-Two- The Eyes Have It: Votive Statuary, Gilgamesh’s Axe, and Cathected Viewing in the Ancient Near East Chapter Thirty-Three- Babylonian Archaeologists of The(ir) Mesopotamian Past Chapter Thirty-Four- Exhibit/Inhibit: Archaeology, Value, History in the Work of Fred Wilson Chapter Thirty-Five- Change in the American Art Museum: The (An) Art Historian’s Voice Chapter Thirty-Six- Packaging the Past: The Benefits and Costs of Archaeological Tourism

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Book SynopsisA Guide to Documents on the Arab-Palestinian/Israeli Conflicts: 1897-2008, is a comprehensive non-partisan compilation designed to provide relevant legal and historical source material pertaining to this conflict. Each document is summarized for the reader’s benefit. The compilation contains all United Nations Resolutions and Reports, Treaties and Agreements, as well as historic documents that are difficult to obtain. To put the conflict into perspective, a chronology of events is provided, followed by an objective analysis of the historical background, including discussion of the various phases of the conflict, strategic considerations, and an analysis of the prospects for peace. The 690 documents summarized with official citations are the most extensive compilation covering the period from 1897 through 2008, including some key texts on Jerusalem dating back to earlier times. The documents are organized according to the conflict’s major topic areas with introductory notes for each part and section. M. Cherif Bassiouni and Shlomo Ben Ami have had a long history of involvement in the peace process. Their combined expertise and personal experiences add a unique dimension to this book that will provide anyone interested in the conflict with a distinct easy-to-use comprehensive compilation of relevant documents.Table of ContentsAuthors’ Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary of Terms; Table of Documents; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part I. Chronology; Part II. Arab-Israeli Conflict in Perspective: 1. Historical Background; 2. Open Conflict; 3. Palestinian Popular Uprisings or Intifadas; 4. Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process; 5. Protagonists; 6. Israel’s Political/Military Strategy; 7. Israeli Territorial Settlements; 8. Jerusalem; 9. Prospects for Peace; 10. Conclusion; Part III. The Documents: 1. Antecedents to the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine: 1897–1922; 2. Period of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine: 1922–1948; 3. Arab-Israeli Wars: 1948–2007; 4. Arab-Israeli Peace Process: 1967–2008; 5. Arms Control and Regional Security: 1948–2002; 6. Jerusalem and the Holy Sites: 636–2008; 7. Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: 1982–2008; 8. Status of the Palestinians: 1948–2008; 9. Palestinian Intifadas (Uprisings): 1987–2004; About the Authors.

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