- 346 pages
- English
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Heart Of Middle East
About this book
The Heart of the Middle East is a classic account of the history and culture of Iraq. Written in 1925 at the height of the colonial era, it offers a unique insight into a complex past that continues to influence events today. Beginning with the earliest known inhabitants of what was called Mesopotamia, Coke describes Roman-Persian rivalry in the area, collaspe of both Persia and Constantinople before the onset of the Arabs, the golden age of Abbassid Caliphate, the coming of the Turks and, with their decline, the coming of the English, the rise in the Middle East of European influence generally and the parallel rise a reborn Arab nationalism.
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INDEX
Abbas the Great 104
Abbas, uncle of the Prophet 59, 63
Abbassid family 60, 62, 63, 66, 79
Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud. See Saud
Abdul Wahab 117
Abu Bekr 43, 45–50
Abu Muslim 62, 67
Ælius Gallus 38
Aga Khan 76
Agriculture 253–56
Ahman Pasha defies Turkey 104
Akhwan Movement 227, 228
Alexander the Great 19, 25–26
Alexander Severus, Emperor 33
Ali 43, 45, 53–58, 66
Allenby, Lord 157
Amraphel of the Book of Genesis 19
Amusements 282–83
Anatolian Railway 127, 130, 307
Anglo-Persian Agreement 182, 308
Anglo-Persian Oil Company 138, 145, 278, 280, 284, 304
Antiochus III 29
Antony, Mark 31
Arab delegates from Muhammad visit Chroses and Heraclius 37
Arab Empire, break-up of 89
Arabs as business men 285
— bravery of 199–200
— characteristics of 39–42
— colonists 110
— democrats 198
— dignity of 298
— fatalism 298
— language 39
— love of freedom 39–40
— merchants 86
— rise of 38–51
Armenia 32
Armenian massacres of 1895 128–29
Armenians 206
Army 79–80
Artaxerxes 25
Artisans 214–15
Asiatics and Europeans 311
Assassins Sect 95
Assyrians 205
Augustus, Emperor 38
Ayesha, widow of the Prophet 45, 55
Babak 92
Babism 211
Babylon 19–23
Baffin 107
Baghdad, capture of 155–56
— chosen by Mansur as a new capita...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. EARLY DAYS
- II. THE ROMAN-PERSIAN RIVALRY
- III. THE COMING OF THE ARAB
- IV. THE DIVISION OF ISLAM
- V. THE GOLDEN AGE
- VI. LIFE IN THE GOLDEN AGE
- VII. THE COMING OF THE TURK
- VIII. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH
- IX. THE COMING OF THE GERMAN
- X. THE WORLD WAR
- XI. THE YEAR OF HOPE
- XII. THE YEAR OF DISILLUSION
- XIII. THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY
- XIV. THE CREATION OF THE NEW STATE
- XV. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE
- XVI. MONEY, WATER, FIELD, AND ROAD
- XVII. HEALTH AND EDUCATION
- XVIII. INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS
- XIX. SOCIAL LIFE
- XX. THE DAWN OF A TO-MORROW
- APPENDIX
- INDEX