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Keys to Understanding the Middle East
This book is intended for readers who have never studied the Middle East, or experts who may wish to fill gaps in their knowledge of the region from other disciplines. Whether for establishing or deepening one's knowledge of the region, these fundamentals are important to know. The languages, cultural, religious and sectarian communities of the region, and selected turning points and influential people in history are starting points for gaining an understanding of the contexts of the region.
- Author
- Payind and McClimans
- Publisher
- Ohio State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 27 sections
- 01: Languages
- 1.01: Writing a Major Cultural Contribution of the Middle East
- 1.02: Linguistic Groups
- 1.03: Arabic's Influence in the Region
- 1.04: Islamic Expanision
- 02: Faith and Religious Identity
- 2.01: Who are the Salafis
- Wahabis
- 2.02: Faith and Religious Identity
- 2.03: Diverse Religious Identities of the Middle East
- 2.04: Religious Diversity
- 2.05: Islam in Middle Eastern Societies
- 2.06: What is Shar'ia Law
- 2.07: Religious Pluralism
- 2.08: Prayer A Part of Daily Life for Muslims Around the World
- 2.09: Shi'ism
- 2.10: The Mystical Tradition of Sufism or Tasawwuf
- 03: The Impact of Imperialism
- 3.01: The Middle East and the Impact of Imperialism
- 3.02: Defining the Term Middle East
- 3.03: National Borders as Foreign Intervention
- 3.04: The Impact of Imperialism on the Region
- 3.05: Modernization vs. Westernization
- 3.06: Gamal Abdul Nasser and Non-Alignment
- 3.07: Nation States and Stateless Nations
- 3.08: The U.S. and Post-Bandung Imperial Dominance
- 3.09: Conclusion