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020			_a9780816082506 (pbk.)
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035			_a(OCoLC)647752271
082		4	_a953.8
090			_aDS204.25 _b.W96 2010
100	1		_aWynbrandt, James.
245	1	2	_aA brief history of Saudi Arabia / _cJames Wynbrandt ; foreword by Fawaz A. Gerges.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York : _bCheckmark Books, _cc2010.
300			_axix, 364 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aWorld history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical reference (p. 335-345) and index.
505	0		_aArabia: 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.
520			_aExamines the history of Saudi Arabia from its pre-Islamic origins to the early twenty-first century, shedding light on the politics, economy, and culture of the modern nation.
651		0	_aSaudi Arabia _xHistory.
830		0	_aWorld history (Checkmark Books)
942			_cBOOK
994			_aZ0 _bSUPMU
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999			_c1189 _d1189