Modern Middle East History

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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 476 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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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 274 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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    • 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 195 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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    • 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 228 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 2,215 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 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 112 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 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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    • Una apasionante panorámica de la historia de Irán, desde los antiguos persas hasta el Irán moderno, pasando por el Imperio persa (Explorando el Oriente Próximo) [A Fascinating Overview of the History of Iran, from the Ancient Persians to Modern Iran, Passing Through the Persian Empire (Exploring the Middle East)]
    • By: Billy Wellman
    • Narrated by: Carlos Verne
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-24
    • Language: Spanish
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    • Llena de acontecimientos emocionantes, actores memorables, conflictos sangrientos y florecientes logros culturales, la historia de Irán es un placer en el que sumergirse para cualquier mente curiosa.

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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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    • 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 166 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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    • 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 285 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 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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    • 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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    • 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 Captivating Guide to a Period in European History with Events Such as the Thirty Years War and the Salem Witch Hunts and Political Powers Such as England and the Ottoman Empire
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Richard L. Walton
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 09-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • This audiobook includes details of the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern era, where Europe saw significant shifts across the continent in phases....

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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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    • 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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