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  A History of the Arab Peoples  - Albert Hourani, Malise Ruthven (Editor)
... In this excellent book, Albert Hourani traces the history of the Arab people from the appearance of Islam, through the rise and fall of the caliphates and the Ottoman empire, to the colonial era of the Europeans and the creation of the nation states that now stretch from West Africa to the Gulf. He gives much insight into the development of culture, law, science and the many strands of religious thought in the region, and into the roots of some of the troubles of the present day...
Paperback 608 pages (September 2002); Publisher: Faber and Faber; Language: English; ISBN: 0571215912