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Defining Documents in World History: The Middle East (141 BCE–2017)

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Early, Medieval, and Early Modern History




The Revolt of the Maccabees and Judean Independence




The Romans Destroy the Temple at Jerusalem




Seeking Advice from Emperor Trajan Regarding the Christians




Novella 146: On Jews




The Pact of Umar: Peace Accord to the Christians of Syria




Ibn Abd-el-Hakem on the Muslim Conquest of Andalus




History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria




Muhammad al-Mawardi on Qadis




Excerpt from “The Capture of Jerusalem”




Ibn Battuta Makes the Pilgrimage to Mecca and Travels to Baghdad




Ibn Battuta’s Travels in Cairo, Damascus, and Jerusalem




Ibn Battuta’s Travels to Mali




Surrender Treaty of the Kingdom of Granada




Ottoman Endurance and Collapse




Treaty of Kuchuk Kainardji




Battle of Navarino




Firman of Appointment of Muhammad Ali as Pasha of Egypt




Proposal for the Establishment of a Native Army in Algeria




Letter Threatening Military Reprisals by French on Moroccan Pirates




The Conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78




The Mahdi Uprising




The Death of General Gordon at Khartoum




Theodor Herzl on the Jewish State




The Battle of Omdurman




Samori Ture Captured




The D’Arcy Oil Concession




Proclamation of the Young Turks




Hussein-McMahon Correspondence




Sykes-Picot Agreement




Balfour Declaration




Resolution of the General Syrian Congress




Palestine Mandate




Twentieth-Century Troubles




White Paper of 1939




Charter of the Arab League




Truman Statement on Immigration into Palestine




Truman Doctrine Speech




Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel




Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front




CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran




Baghdad Pact




Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal




The Eisenhower Doctrine




U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 on the Arab-Israeli Conflict




Palestinian National Charter




Camp David Accords




Ayatollah Khomeini on “The Great Satan”




Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty




Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan




Oslo Accords (Oslo I and Oslo II)




Recent Realities




George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq




Declaration of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the Execution of Nicholas Berg




U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 on Libya




U.N. Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013




Hassan Rouhani’s Address Before the U.N. General Assembly




Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan Before the U.N. General Assembly




Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech Before the U.N. General Assembly




Gaza—Ten Years Later




Statement by President Donald Trump on Jerusalem




Appendixes




Chronological List




Web Resources




Bibliography