A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East by Dilip Hiro

A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Middle East by Dilip Hiro

By Dilip Hiro

During this up to date, painstakingly researched dictionary, writer Dilip Hiro brings some of the most tumultuous areas of the area to our fingertips. it truly is easy-to-read, basic to exploit, authoritative, and accomplished. If deals a variety of alphabetically prepared info on issues starting from present affairs, background and politics to religions, literature and vacationer destinations.

Topics lined contain: Arab Spring, Arab-Israeli Wars, Biographies, Christianity and Christian Sects, Civil Wars, nation Profiles, Ethnic teams, govt, Gulf Wars, old areas, background, Hostages, foreign Agreements and Treaties, Islam and Islamic Sects, Judaism and Jewish Sects, Languages, Literary Personalities, army and armed forces Leaders, Nonconventional and Nuclear guns, Oil and gasoline, Peace procedure, Politics, neighborhood Conflicts, faith, Terrorism, vacationer locations, United international locations, and lots more and plenty more.

This is a must have reference for a person certainly drawn to knowing extra in regards to the historical past and present occasions of the center East.

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