Lewis, Bernard. <br/><br/>
The Middle East :  a brief history of the last 2,000 years / 
Bernard Lewis. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Scribner,  c1995. 
 - xii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-396) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Before Christianity -- 2. Before Islam -- 3. Origins -- 4. The 'Abbasid Caliphate -- 5. The Coming of the Steppe Peoples -- 6. The Mongol Aftermath -- 7. The Gunpowder Empires -- 8. The State -- 9. The Economy -- 10. The Elites -- 11. The Commonalty -- 12. Religion and Law -- 13. Culture -- 14. Challenge -- 15. Change -- 16. Response and Reaction -- 17. New Ideas -- 18. From War to War -- 19. From Freedom to Freedom. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0684807122 0684832801 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96004384 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS62  / .L594 1995 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956