Subjects:  1. 1917-1948    2. General    3. History    4. International Relations - General    5. Jewish-Arab relations    6. Jordan    7. Middle East - Israel    8. Palestine    9. Political Science    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Politics and government    12. Politics/International Relations    13. History / Middle East    14. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    15. International relations    16. Middle East    17. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    18. Second World War, 1939-1945   

Subjects:  1. Dictionaries    2. History    3. History - General History    4. Jordan    5. Middle East - General    6. Middle East - History    7. Reference    8. Asian / Middle Eastern history    9. Reference works    10. Social Science / Reference   

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Excellent Research!
Beidha is an ancient Natufian encampment just outside of Petra, Jordan. I visited the site in 2000, and though it was not much more to look at than a bunch of carefully placed stones, it turns out that what I saw was a small village as old as Jericho dating back some 10,000 years!Read more

Subjects:  1. Ancient - General    2. Archaeology    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Middle East - General    7. Asian archaeology    8. Jordan    9. Middle & Near Eastern archaeology   

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A short history of a gutsy little country
This is an excellent history of a small Middle Eastern Kingdom still linkedin most people's memory to its remarkable King who reigned 47 years: King Hussein of Jordan. Hussein died in 1999 but his indomitable spirit lives on in his son Abdullah. Jordan still has a pivotal role in the Middle East Peace Process and this book describes how tiny little Jordan boxed above its weight in seeking to find peace in a conflict which has bedeviled the region so long. It is a book for the general reader and for the serious student of Middle Eastern politics. I really enjoyed it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. History - General History    4. Middle East - General    5. Sports - General    6. Asian / Middle Eastern history    7. Jordan    8. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    9. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Economic History    7. General    8. History    9. Jordan    10. Land Tenure Systems    11. Land Utilization    12. Land tenure    13. Land use    14. Middle East - General    15. Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900    16. Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -    17. Land rights    18. Political science & theory   

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Great book and souvenir
This is an excellent book, and a great souvenir of your trip.
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Subjects:  1. Ancient Archaeology    2. Middle East    3. Middle East - General    4. Scenic Photo Collections    5. Sociology    6. Travel - Foreign    7. Ancient World    8. Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE    9. Jordan    10. Travel & holiday guides   

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A Guide to Understanding the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Turning Water into Politics is an excellent general survey of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict with particular emphasis on the fundamental problems of water allocation in an area with a limited supply of water. It includesa review of the factors leading to the creation of the state of Israel, the1967 war and the resulting continuing tensions in the Middle East. Informed, Balanced Account of the Water Issue
The result of several trips to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, more than 70 interviews with Israelis and Palestinians, meticulous and careful research, this book is "must" reading for those interested in theconflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis.It examines just onepoint of contention, water, but makes it clear that this resource is invery short supply for both peoples, and is inequitably distributed betweenthem.It also lays out in considerable detail the water crisis ofcatastrophic proportions which both peoples face.Read more

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics - Middle East    2. Gaza Strip    3. General    4. Government - Comparative    5. History    6. International Relations - General    7. Jordan River Valley    8. Middle East - General    9. Middle East - Israel    10. Political aspects    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Politics/International Relations    13. Water And Marine Resources Management    14. Water resources development    15. Water-supply    16. West Bank    17. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. (Biblical figure)    2. Ancient - General    3. Arabic    4. Architecture    5. Balaam    6. Biblical Archaeology    7. Canaanites    8. Congresses    9. Dayr Alla, Tall    10. Dayr °Allåa, Tall    11. Hamito-Semitic Languages    12. Inscriptions, Aramaic    13. Interior Design - General    14. Jordan    15. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    16. Religion    17. Middle East    18. Palaeography (history of writing)    19. Semitic languages   

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A key period in the history of the Middle East
After the Europeans liquidated the Ottoman Empire following the first World War, Abdullah's family got booted out of their domain in the southern Arabian peninsula by the victorious Saudi rebels, and his brother wound up as King of Iraq. Abdullah had his own eyes on Syria, but as the English had promised that country to the French, who didn't much care for him, finally the English agreed to slice off the so-called "Transjordan" (now, Jordan) and let him be King of that. According to Mary C. Wilson, he spent the rest of his life looking unsuccessfully for a major role in the region, either in Syria or in a federation of some sort with Palestine. He did manage in any case to keep the unpromising terrain of Jordan viable as a state, and out of most serious trouble, though he got assassinated by Arab nationalists for his pains (not an unusual fate in that time and place). He is fondly remembered by many as a relatively reasonable man in a relatively unreasonable region. One learns here that he had a reputation for extreme laziness (possibly cultivated), and the author does not consider him a brilliant statesman, though his British "advisors" had an even lower opinion of him. In any case the author, Mary C. Wilson, is in good command of her subject, which is not easy, as it requires familiarity with a number of languages and mastery of a set of distinctly unreliable sources. I found it quite informative. On the other hand, nobody would want to make acquaintance with this region by beginning with Jordan, the least interesting country in the area. If one has a general sense of the main features of the Middle East in the first half of the 20th century, and its basic geography, then this casts an interesting light on the period. Looking at it from Abdullah's perspective, as the author does, is very illuminating. Surprisingly, I found it more enlightening than Seale's biography of Syria's Asad, or the Gowers/Walker biography of Arafat. Mary Wilson writes clearly and is in excellent control of a difficult body of information. Anyone who has reached the point of being interested in what the history of the region looked like from Abdullah's perspective should find it useful. One will see the British, Israelis, Islamic fundamentalists, and Arab Nationalists from an unusual and well informed angle. I cannot make broad recommendations for how to approach the area as a whole, other than to avoid the rapidly thrown together texts of the last few years. I find "A Peace to End all Peace" by Fromkin very good, for setting the scene at the end of World War I, and there are of course many decent accounts of the Zionist movement and of the Turkish empire and its aftermath. If there are any readers coming to this region afresh (which seems doubtful), they will want to start with Palestine from the Balfour Declaration to the end of the British Mandate, which sets the stage for what turned out to be the central conflict in the region. Or for a more painless approach, select from the wealth of Israeli novels set in the Middle East, from Agnon's "Only Yesterday" to the works of Amos Oz, David Grossman, and a host of others. Perhaps augmented by Naguib Mafouz (who is badly translated, but there's not much one can do about that). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1882-1951    2. Abdullah,    3. History    4. History: World    5. Jordan    6. King of Jordan,    7. Middle East - History    8. 20th century    9. Abdullah    10. Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -    11. History / Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Ancient - General    2. Anthropology - General    3. Archaeology    4. Archaeology / Anthropology    5. Middle East - General    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Archaeology | Near Eastern    9. History / Italy    10. Jordan    11. Middle & Near Eastern archaeology   

Subjects:  1. 1993-    2. Arab-Israeli conflict    3. Bentsur, Eytan    4. History - General History    5. International Relations - General    6. Israel    7. Middle East - General    8. Middle East - Israel    9. Peace    10. Political Science    11. Politics and government    12. Politics/International Relations    13. International relations    14. Jordan    15. Middle East    16. Palestine    17. Peace studies    18. Political Science / International Relations   

Subjects:  1. General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Middle East - General    6. Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -    7. Biography: royalty    8. History / General    9. Jordan    10. Kirkbride, Alec    11. c 1945 to c 1960   

Subjects:  1. Ammonites (Semitic people)    2. Ancient - General    3. Ancient Archaeology    4. Ancient World History    5. Antiquities    6. Archaeology    7. Excavations (Archaeology)    8. History    9. History - General History    10. History: World    11. Interior Design - General    12. Jordan    13. Ancient Near East    14. Ancient World    15. Middle East   

Subjects:  1. 1917-1948    2. 20th century    3. Arab-Israeli conflict    4. Foreign relations    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Israel    9. Jewish-Arab relations    10. Jordan    11. Middle East - General    12. Middle East - Israel    13. Palestinian Arabs    14. Politics and government    15. Armed conflict    16. Asian / Middle Eastern history    17. Asian studies    18. History / Israel    19. Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Arab-Israeli conflict    2. Biography    3. Diplomats    4. El-Farra, Muhammad    5. Foreign Relations    6. Jordan    7. Middle East - History    8. Palestine    9. United Nations    10. Anthropology    11. Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Guidebooks    2. Historic sites    3. Jordan River    4. Jordan River Valley    5. Jordan River Vally    6. Middle East - General    7. Nature/Ecology    8. Pictorial works    9. Reference    10. Religion - Commentaries / Reference    11. History / Middle East   

Subjects:  1. Egypt    2. Fundamentalism    3. Government policy    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Islamic fundamentalism    8. Jamiyat al-Ikhwan al-Muslim    9. Jordan    10. Middle East - Egypt    11. Middle East - General    12. Terrorism   

Subjects:  1. 1935-    2. 1935-1999    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. General    7. Hussein,    8. Jordan    9. King of Jordan,    10. Kings and rulers    11. Middle East - History    12. Hussein   

Subjects:  1. Jordan    2. Middle East - General    3. Morocco    4. Political History    5. Political Process - General    6. Political Science    7. Politics - Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Social conditions    10. Women    11. Women And Politics    12. Women in politics    13. Women's Studies - General    14. Feminism    15. Human rights    16. Political Science / General    17. Political structure & processes    18. Tunisia   

Subjects:  1. 622-750    2. Ancient - General    3. Arabic poetry    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Foreign influences    6. History    7. History and criticism    8. History: World    9. Jordan    10. Middle East - General    11. Mural painting and decoration,    12. Mural painting and decoration, Umayyad    13. Qusayr Amrah (Jordan : Dwelli    14. Techniques - General    15. Ancient World    16. History / Ancient / General    17. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    18. Syria    19. The Arts: General Issues