Tag: Middle

Free Download Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution
by Kroyer, Bill
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032904720 | 301 pages | True PDF EPUB | 11.66 MB

Free Download The Bronze Object in the Middle Ages by Ittai Weinryb
English | April 18, 2016 | ISBN: 1107123615, 1107559103 | True PDF | 305 pages | 22.6 MB
This book presents the first full length study in English of monumental bronzes in the Middle Ages. Taking as its point of departure the common medieval reception of bronze sculpture as living or animated, the study closely analyzes the practice of lost wax casting (cire perdue) in western Europe and explores the cultural responses to large scale bronzes in the Middle Ages.

Free Download Raphael Israeli, "War, Peace and Terror in the Middle East"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0714655317 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 0.9 mb
A collection of articles about the fateful issues of war and peace in the Middle East, especially the evasive brands of war – terrorism and incitement.

Free Download David Howard Goldberg, Paul Marantz, Stephen Page, "The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0813386527, 0367306646 | EPUB | pages: 240 | 0.7 mb
For more than three decades, the Soviet Union was a major force in the Middle East, and superpower rivalry exacerbated many of the conflicts endemic to the region. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have fundamentally altered the rules of the game in Middle East politics, producing a new fluidity in the region, new diplomatic alignments, and new opportunities for peace. The contributors place recent developments in historical and political context, analyzing changes in Soviet Middle East policy under Gorbachev as well as evaluating developments since the demise of the Soviet Union. The evolution of Moscow’s policy toward the Arab states, Israel, the P.L.O., and the U.N. is given special attention. The contributors also examine the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism in the new states of Central Asia and weigh the potential implications of this development for the Middle East. In addition, they discuss security issues related to the transfer of military technology from former Soviet republics to the countries of the Middle East.

Free Download Robert Foster, "The Complete Guide to Middle-earth: Tolkien’s World from A to Z"
English | ISBN: 0345465296 | 2003 | 592 pages | EPUB | 278 KB
For the millions who have already ventured to Middle-earth, and for the countless others who have yet to embark on the journey-here is the one indispensable A-to-Z guide that brings Tolkien’s universe to life.

Free Download How to Read Middle English Poetry by Daniel Sawyer
English | September 24, 2024 | ISBN: 0198895232, 0198895240 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 10.2 MB
How to Read Middle English Poetry guides readers through poetry between 1150 and 1500, for study and pleasure. Chapters give down-to-earth advice on enjoying and analyzing each aspect of verse, from the choice of single words, through syntax, metre, rhyme, and stanza-design, up to the play of larger forms across whole poems.

Free Download Amitav Acharya, "Democracy and Reform in the Middle East and Asia: Social Protest and Authoritarian Rule after the Arab Spring"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1780768060 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 0.8 mb
The protests that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and 2011 confounded long-time observers of the region, in both the media and academia. After addressing the conditions in the Middle East and North Africa that produced these attempts at revolution, Amin Saikal and Amitav Acharya explore the global impact of the protests, both in terms of their ideological influence on opposition groups and the prospects for democratic transition in a variety of authoritarian and semi-authoritarian governments. Examining states at the heart of the uprisings, such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in addition to other Middle Easter states, like Iran, as well the Asian states of China, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, this book concentrates upon ‘democratization’ as the central theme. Did the protests have a galvanizing effect of democratization processes throughout Asia? And if not, why? Touching on perennial issues in politics – for example, democracy, authoritarian rule and social protest – this book is vital for researchers of politics and international relations.

Free Download Changes of Monarchical Rule in the Late Middle Ages / Monarchische Herrschaftswechsel des Spätmittelalters: Negotiations – Actors – Ambivalences / Aushandlungen – Akteure – Ambivalenzen
by Sven Jaros, Eric Böhme
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3111201023 | 599 Pages | PDF | 6.4 MB

Free Download The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages by Sara J. Charles
English | October 29, 2024 | ISBN: 1789149169 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 13.6 MB
Illuminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the book and life in the Middle Ages.

Free Download M. Talha Çiçek, "Negotiating Empire in the Middle East"
English | ISBN: 1108995381 | 2023 | 296 pages | PDF | 5 MB
In the early 1840s, Ottoman rulers launched a new imperial project, partly in order to reassert their authority over their lands and subjects, crucially including the Arab nomads. By examining the evolution of this relationship between the Ottoman Empire and Arab nomads in the modern era, M. Talha Çiçek puts forward a new framework to demonstrate how negotiations between the Ottomans and the Arab nomads played a part in making the modern Middle East. Reflecting on multiple aspects of Ottoman authority and governance across Syria, Iraq, Arabia, Transjordan and along their frontiers, Çiçek reveals how the relationship between the imperial centre and the nomads was not merely a brutal imposition of a strict order, but instead one of constant, complicated, and fluid negotiation. In so doing, he highlights how the responses of the nomads made a considerable impact on the ultimate outcome, transforming the imperial policies accordingly.