Modern Middle East

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    • The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
    • By: David Fromkin
    • Narrated by: David de Vries
    • Length: 23 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 12-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 472 ratings
    • The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance. David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics....

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    • War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East
    • By: Scott Anderson
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 23 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 283 ratings
    • A thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential periods in 20th century history - the Arab Revolt and the secret “great game” to control the Middle East....

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    • A Personal History
    • By: Jeremy Bowen
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Bowen
    • Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region....

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    • The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
    • By: Eugene Rogan
    • Narrated by: Ronan Summers
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • An award-winning scholar’s account of an ancient city’s descent into unprecedented communal violence—an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East

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    • A Personal History
    • By: Jeremy Bowen
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Bowen
    • Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-24
    • Language: English
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    • A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region....

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    • What Everyone Needs to Know®
    • By: James L. Gelvin
    • Narrated by: Kent Klineman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In the second edition of The New Middle East, renowned scholar James L. Gelvin explains how in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged....

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    • War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923
    • By: Sean McMeekin
    • Narrated by: Richard Poe
    • Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 165 ratings
    • An astonishing retelling of 20th-century history from the Ottoman perspective, delivering profound new insights into World War I and the contemporary Middle East....

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    • An Unforgettable Journey Inside the Fast-Moving & Immensely Turbulent Modern Middle East
    • By: Joel C. Rosenberg
    • Narrated by: Michael Beck
    • Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 252 ratings
    • New York Times best-selling author Joel C. Rosenberg, based in Jerusalem, skillfully and clearly explains the sometimes-encouraging, sometimes-violent, yet rapidly shifting landscape in Israel and the Arab/Muslim world....

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    • Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
    • By: Alan Mikhail
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 08-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 227 ratings
    • Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the height of their authority in the 16th century, the Ottomans controlled more territory and ruled over more people than any world power....

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    • June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
    • By: Michael B. Oren
    • Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
    • Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,210 ratings
    • In Israel and the West, it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War or, simply, as "the Setback"....

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    • The Birth of Modern Istanbul
    • By: Charles King
    • Narrated by: Grover Gardner
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 09-15-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 193 ratings
    • With beguiling prose and rich character portraits, Charles King brings to life a remarkable era when a storied city stumbled into the modern world....

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    • From Napoleon to Now
    • By: Charles River Editors, M. Clement Hall
    • Narrated by: Scott Clem
    • Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • The situation in Egypt sounds messy today, but strife in Egypt is hardly a new occurrence. In fact, conflict has been more of a rule than exception since the end of the 18th century....

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    • The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East
    • By: Uri Kaufman
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 08-29-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • October 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower showdown, and, following the oil embargo, a pivotal reordering of the global economic order....

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    • A Modern History
    • By: Abbas Amanat
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 08-07-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 272 ratings
    • This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years....

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    • By: Peter Mansfield
    • Narrated by: Richard Brown
    • Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-28-11
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
    • In this masterly work of synthesis, Peter Mansfield explores two centuries of history in the Middle East...

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    • Making the Modern SEAL Warrior
    • By: Rorke Denver
    • Narrated by: Rorke Denver
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,876 ratings
    • Rorke Denver trains the men who become Navy SEALs - the most creative problem solvers on the modern battlefield, ideal warriors for the kinds of wars America is fighting now....

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    • A Short History [Modern Library Chronicles]
    • By: Karen Armstrong
    • Narrated by: Richard M. Davidson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 07-15-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 300 ratings
    • Best-selling author and renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong presents a concise and articulate history of Islam, the world's fastest-growing faith....

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    • Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe
    • By: John Julius Norwich
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
    • John Julius Norwich has crafted a big, bold tapestry of the early 16th century, when Europe and the Middle East were overshadowed by a quartet of legendary rulers....

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    • My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
    • By: Masih Alinejad
    • Narrated by: Linda Henning
    • Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 211 ratings
    • An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition, and sparking an Online movement against the compulsory hijab....

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    • A History of the Islamic Republic
    • By: Michael Axworthy
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 19 hrs
    • Release date: 07-16-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Axworthy takes listeners through the major periods in Iranian history over the last 30 years: the overthrow of the old regime and the creation of the new one; the Iran-Iraq war; the reconstruction era following the war; the reformist wave led by Mohammed Khatami; and the present day....

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