00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000005899 20221114125056 0010-0520005899 221114################|##########|#eng## 1 - 84212 - 139 - 1 eng 959 959 LEW m Lewis, Bernard Middle East: 2000 Years of History From The Rice of Christiany To The Present Day / Bernard Lewis London : Phoenix, 2003 XIV, 433 p ; 20 cm ; 20 cm Indeks : Index Bibliography The birthplace of three religions and many civilizations the Middle East was for centuries a major centre of knowledge and ideas, of techniques and commodities and at times, of military and political power. In this immensely readable and wide-ranging book Bernard Lewis charts the successive transformations of the Middle East, beginning with the two great empires, the Roman and the Persian; the development of monotheism and the growth of Christianity; the astonishingly rapid rise and spread of Islam; the waves of invaders from the east and the Mongol hordes of Jengiz Khan; the rise of the Ottoman Turks, and the changing balance of power between the forces which shaped the history of the Middle East, Bernard Lewis looks at the pervasive impact, in modern times, of Western ideas and technology. Sejarah - Asia Tengah 00372/MKRI-P/I-2005 00372/MKRI-P/I-2005