In this immensely readable & wide-ranging book, Bernard Lewis charts the successive transformations of the Middle East, beginning with the two great empires, the Roman & the Persian, & covering the growth of Christianity, the rise & spread of Islam, the waves of invaders from the east, the Mongol hordes of Jengiz Khan, the rise of the Ottoman Turks, & the changing balance of power between the Muslim & Christian worlds. ' This book is a masterpiece' Sir Anthony Parsons, Daily Telegraph. This book has 433 pages & is 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.8 cms