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" The history of Saudi Arabia / "
Alexei Vassiliev.
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BL
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846341
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| Main Entry
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Vasilʹev, A. M., (Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich)
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The history of Saudi Arabia /\ Alexei Vassiliev.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New York University Press,, 2000.
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576 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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0814788092
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: 9780814788097
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 538-557) and index.
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| Contents
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Part I: Arabia on the eve of the emergence of Wahhabism: economy, society, politics -- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his teaching -- The rise of the first Saudi state (1745-1811) -- The social and political system of the Emirate of al-Diriya -- The Wahhabis routed by the Egyptians (18199-1818) -- From the fall of al-Diriya to the Egyptian evacuation of Arabia (1818-1840) -- The second Saudi state (1843-1865) -- The disintegration of the Emirate of Riyadh and the rise of Jabal Shammar -- The renaissance of the Emirate of Riyadh in the early twentieth century (1902-1914) -- Najd and Hijaz during the first World War (1914-1918) -- Part 2: The consolidation of the Arabian territories around Najd (1918-1926) -- Increased centralization and the Ikhwan movement (1926-1934) -- The socio-political structure of Saudi Arabia after its creation -- The oil concessions -- Saudi Arabia and the second World War (1939-1945) -- Domestic and foreign policy (1945-1958) -- The struggle for power and its outcome (1958-1973) -- Domestic and foreign policy (the 1970s and the early 1980s) -- The socio-economic structure of Saudi Arabia in the oil era (the 1950s to the early 1980s) -- The political regime (the 1950s to the 1980s) -- Economy, society, politics (the 1980s and the 1990s).
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Traces the history of Saudi Arabia from its emergence in 1745 to the 1990s, focusing on the movement to reform Islam, impact of oil on its culture, its place in the world, and the evolution of its socio-political structure.
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Geschichte.
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Saudi Arabia, History.
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Arabie Saoudite, Histoire.
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Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi-Arabien.
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| Dewey Classification
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953.8
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DS242.H29 2000
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NK 4150rvk
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