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THE CENTER East is a critically important portion of the world. And, with its current prominence in international affairs, media images of the Middle East reach us on a regular basis. Much media coverage, however, is incomplete at best, failing woefully to take profile of either the complexities or the historical background of the pivotal region. For most of us, the real story of the Middle East remains untold. What made this essential geopolitical area what it is today? In coming to conditions with the present and future of the Middle East, a knowledge of its record isn't only highly valuable but essential. Now, the 36 lectures of Making Points in Middle Eastern History unfurl a amazing panorama of record, exploring a 1,300-year home window from the climb of the warrior prophet Muhammad to the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World Warfare I. Each lecture focuses on a specific moment in time that changed the path of happenings or the narrative of record. You'll witness the Fight of Karbala, where Muhammad's heirs - the Sunni and Shia - divide forever. You will discover the miracles of the Islamic Golden Get older and marvel at the superlative improvements in astronomy, mathematics, drugs, and literature - and the preservation of classical Greek and Roman knowledge - that unfolded in global centers of learning such as Baghdad, Cairo, and Cordoba. You'll follow the empire building of the Persian Safavids, the Egyptian Mamluks, and the Ottomans, amongst others. The split up of the Ottoman Empire yielded most of the modern expresses of the Middle East. The far-reaching effects of its climb and fall, in addition to the long-lasting affect of the 18th-century Saud-Wahhab Pact between a desert ruler and a spiritual reformer, creating today's Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are two more expressions of how the past suffuses the present. The stories you'll discover here are as stunning as anything in the Arabian Nights and are all the more astonishing for being true.

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