Bernard Lewis looks at the new era in the Middle East. With the departure of imperial powers, the region must now, on its own, resolve the political, economic,

A History of the Modern Middle East offers a comprehensive assessment of the region, stretching from the fourteenth century and the founding of the Ottoman and

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first

Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the considerable developments in the Middle East in the 1990s.

The Middle East in Modern World History focuses on the history of this region over the past 200 years. It examines how global trends during this period shaped t