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Foreword by Fawaz A. Gerges
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A Brief History of Saudi Arabia
Text Copyright © 2004 by James Wynbrandt; Foreword by Fawaz A. Gerges
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wynbrandt, James
A brief history of Saudi Arabia / James Wynbrandt; foreword by Fawaz A. Gerges.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The land and its pre-Islamic history—The birth of Islam (571–632)—The
Islamic Empire and Arabia (632–1258)—The golden age of Islam (c. 750–1258)—
The Mamluks, Ottomans, and the Wahhabi-Al Saud alliance (1258–1745)—The first
Saudi state (1745–1818)—Roots of modern Arabia (1818–1891)—Unity and
independence (1891–1932)—Birth of a kingdom (1932–1953)—A path to world
power (1953–1973)—Oil and arms (1973–1990)—The Gulf crisis and its aftermath
(1990–2001)—The challenges ahead.
ISBN 0-8160-5203-4 (hc. alk.paper)
1. Saudi Arabia. [1. Saudi Arabia—History.] I. Title.
DS204.25.W96 2004
953.8—dc22
2003019231
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