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Middle East Book Pick

Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren

Oren gives us a history of The Six-Day War of 1967. The events leading up to the war bear a striking resemblance to what is happening now. This book and David Fromkin's The Peace to End all Peace are essential to an understanding of the modern middle east.

2003 Pulitzer Prize winner

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Islamic Art Gallery

Christianity

Judaism

Ancient Near East

Ancient Egypt

Recommended Books

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Links

West Asia and Middle East Chronology North Park University - useful chronology of the history of this region

Ottoman Empire Chronology North Park University

The Islamic World to 1600 Multimedia Tutorial Calgary University a multimedia introduction to the first millennium of Islamic history

Middle East Library University of Utah

The Middle East Times news from the region

The Center For Middle Eastern Studies University of Texas at Austin - important server for information on Middle Eastern history

Maps of the Middle East Perry Castenada Map Collection

The Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Center designed to assist students in finding and using internet resources dealing with the Middle East

Middle East Studies Resources World Wide Web Virtual Library Columbia University

Middle East Photo Archive University of Chicago

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