The Middle East in Modern World History examines how global trends over the last 200 years have shaped the Middle East and how these trends were affected by the region’s development. Covering a key pe
Nadir Shah took the throne of Iran after two centuries of Safavid control, but without “political legitimacy.” Ascending from obscurity and without dynastic credentials, Nadir tried and failed to esta
Sanders (Russian history, U.S. Naval Academy), Tucker (Middle East history, U.S. Naval Academy), and Hamburg (European history, Claremont-McKenna College) present and comment on two translated texts d
