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A fascinating look at the ancient Nabataean Kingdom! During the time of the Greek and Roman Empires, this small Arabian empire built spectacular cities in the Arabian Desert. Their ships and camel caravans traveled to far off exotic places to bring luxury goods to European markets. Since they held a monopoly on almost all eastern goods, they slowly raised their prices, until they almost brought the great European Empires to their knees. Flush with...
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The Mecca Question by Jeremy SmythThis 20 page booklet by Jeremy Smyth examines the section of Gibson's new book on Qur'anic Geography that claims that Mecca is not the Holy City of Islam. This is a short review of the evidence presented in the larger book. The Mecca Question is free to download, copy, and pass on t0your friends. PDFs of this file are available in a variety of languages from http://searchformecca.com
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The collapse of both sets of Arab-Israeli negotiations in 2000 led not only to recrimination and bloodshed, with the outbreak of the second intifada, but to the creation of a new myth. Syrian and Palestinian intransigence was blamed for the current disastrous state of affairs, as both parties rejected a "generous" peace offering from the Israelis that would have brought peace to the region. “The Truth About Camp David” shatters that myth. Based...
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Gods and Giants is an in-depth exploration of two fascinating and mysterious groups of beings that have captured the imagination of people for millennia: the Biblical Nephilim and the Apkallu deities of Mesopotamia. This book delves into the history and mythology surrounding these figures, and examines their significance within both biblical and Mesopotamian narratives.In the Bible, the Nephilim are described as the offspring of angels and human women,...
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The father of the legendary Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Selim I ("The Grim") set the stage for centuries of Ottoman supremacy by doubling the size of the empire. Conquering Eastern Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt, Selim promoted a politicized Sunni Ottoman* identity against the Shiite Safavids of Iran, thus shaping the early modern Middle East. Analyzing a wide array of sources in Ottoman-Turkish, Persian, and Arabic, H. Erdem Cipa offers...
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The story of Egypt is the story of history itself-the endless rise and fall, the life and death and life again of the eternal human effort to endure, enjoy, and understand the mystery of our universe. Emerging from the ancient mists of time, Egypt met the challenge of the mystery in a glorious evolution of religious, intellectual, and political institutions and for two millenniums flourished with all the vigor that the human heart can invest in a...
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Here, adequately presented for the first time in English, is the fascinating story of a splendid culture that flourished thirty-five hundred years ago in the empire on the Nile: kings and conquests, gods and heroes, beautiful art, sculpture, poetry, architecture.
Significant archeological discoveries are constantly being made in Egypt. In this revision Professor Steele has rewritten whole chapters on the basis of these new finds and offers several...
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The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University...
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The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University...
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Dive deep into the heart of the Third Crusade with "1191: The Battle of Arsuf", a meticulously researched historical examination of one of the Middle Ages' most defining military campaigns. From the cobblestone streets of European kingdoms to the windswept deserts of the Holy Land, this volume traces the intricate dance of diplomacy, strategy, and raw combat that marked the era.Authoritative and yet accessible, this work seamlessly blends primary...
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Sorcery in Ancient Babylon takes you on a fascinating journey into the core of mysticism. This book explores the framework of Babylonian sorcery, revealing the mysteries of the ancient city's magical customs, including rituals, spells, and the deities invoked for incantations. Learn about Babylon's significant influence on later mystical traditions and its resurrection from modern perspectives. As ongoing research unravels the persisting secrets,...
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Los Zanj eran esclavos africanos obligados de trabajar en las tierras del Sur de Irak. Cuando se rebelaron, fueron juntados por los esclavos de las ciudades y de los pueblos vecinos. Su jefe, Alī ibn Muḥammad, era un hombre que tomó conciencia de su miseria y los prometió tierras y riquezas. Tuvo también el apoyo de algunas tribus árabes de la región. Llegó a congregarlos y a implicarlos en una insurrección en 869, utilizando una estrategia...
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EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY
Discover the enchanting world of ancient Egypt like never before in "Egyptian Mythology: A Collection of the Best Egyptian Myths." This captivating volume opens the doors to a realm where gods rule the sky and the underworld, where mythical creatures lurk in the shadows, and where every myth carries a whisper of the eternal struggle between order and chaos.
Dive deep into the heart of ancient legends with our first chapter,...
14) Duel égyptien
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Considéré dans ce texte: L'euphorie du printemps arabe. L'atmosphère cairote. Hosni Moubarak, Mohamed Morsi et les élections égyptiennes.
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Este magistral estudio, que ahora presentamos en una nueva edición revisada y actualizada, aborda la compleja historia de Palestina, una tierra habitada hoy por dos pueblos con identidades nacionales distintas. Partiendo del dominio otomano en el siglo XIX, y siguiendo con el Mandato británico tras la Primera Guerra Mundial, la fundación del Estado de Israel en 1948, y las subsiguientes guerras y conflictos, el profesor Pappé ofrece un panorama...
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The first book about the 1982 war in Lebanon, Operation Peace for Galilee is based on hundreds of interviews with the soldiers of both sides, the guerrillas who fought in it, and the civilians caught in the middle.
Much of the detail is drawn from in-depth conversations with the major Israeli commanders who planned and fought the battles. Author and former soldier Richard Gabriel traveled every major route of advance taken by the Israeli army,...
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Islamic Central Asia is the first English-language anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. Scott C. Levi and Ron Sela draw from a vast array of historical sources to illustrate important aspects of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Islamic Central Asia. These documents-many newly translated and most not readily available for study-cover the period from the 7th-century Arab conquests to the 19th-century...
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This skillfully written text presents the full sweep of Ottoman history from its beginnings on the Byzantine frontier in about 1300, through its development as an empire, to its late eighteenth-century confrontation with a rapidly modernizing Europe. Itzkowitz delineates the fundamental institutions of the Ottoman state, the major divisions within the society, and the basic ideas on government and social structure. Throughout, Itzkowitz emphasizes...
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Hans J. Nissen here provides a much-needed overview of 7000 years of development in the ancient Near East from the beginning of settled life to the formation of the first regional states. His approach to the study of Mesopotamian civilization differs markedly from conventional orientations, which impose a sharp division between prehistoric and historic, literate, periods. Nissen argues that this approach is too rigid to explain the actual development...
20) Prophet Solomon
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When wisdom, sound mind, wealth, power, and kingship come together for one man. Only one man possesses these specifications. Also, he understands the language of all the creatures that live on the earth, including birds, animals, and insects, and not only that but the creatures we do not see, such as the jinn. These beings hear from him, understand him, and follow his commands, and they can never disobey him. Even the clouds and winds obey his orders...
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