The history of Saudi Arabia / Wayne H. Bowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowen, Wayne H., 1968- author.

Series:

Greenwood histories of the modern nations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saudi Arabia--History.

Saudi Arabia.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 194 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, 2015.

Summary:

Every school and public library should update its resources with these engagingly written and succinct narrative histories of the world's nations covering prehistoric times through today. Based on the most recent scholarship, each history provides a chronological narrative examining the political, cultural, philosophical, and religious continuities in the featured nation's long, rich history in an exploration of how its people came to be who they are today. Each volume includes a chronological narrative history, timeline of events, biographical sketches of key figures, glossary, and bibliographic essay. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Saudi Arabia today

Arabia before Muhammad (to 570 A.D.)

The prophet Muhammad and the Arabs (570-700 A.D.)

Arabia and the Muslim empires (700-1700)

The house of Saud (1700-1902)

The creation of Saudi Arabia (1902-1932)

The kingdom of ibn Saud (1932-1973)

Saudi Arabia in the modern world (1973-2001)

The Iron Domino (2001-2014)

Notable people in the history of Saudi Arabia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781610698764

1610698762

9781610698771

1610698770

OCLC:

885313185