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History: Middle East: Overview

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Background & Reference

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Middle-Eastern and North African History
Examines the defining processes and structures of historical developments in North Africa and the Middle East over the past two centuries.
A Companion to the History of the Middle East
Multifaceted and multi-layered history of this region.

Oxford Bibliographies: Islamic Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on topics within Islamic studies
Oxford Bibliographies: Jewish Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on topics within Jewish studies

CIA World Factbook
Find general information about history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for most countries. Search by country using the drop down menu at the center right hand side of the page.

Iran

Iran: A Modern History
History of Iran from 1501 to 2009
The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History
Each of the chapters focuses on a specific epoch of Iranian history and surveys the general political, social, cultural, and economic issues of that era.

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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Library Catalog - Advanced This link opens in a new window
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of the entire back issues of scholarly journals

Primary Sources

Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 This link opens in a new window
British Government archive relating to the Middle East
Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1981 This link opens in a new window
British Foreign Office files about the Middle East
Historical Newspapers: The Jerusalem Post (1932-2008) This link opens in a new window

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