Contents
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INTRODUCTION	k
 I.	A.D.   600—THE MIDDLE EAST IN DISINTEGRATION	I
 II.	THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE MUSLIM CIVILIZATION,
(6lO~I5I7)	II
III.	THE OTTOMAN AND PERSIAN EMPIRES, AND THE GROWTH
OF EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE   (1517-1770)	58
IV*       BRITAIN   AND    HER   RIVALS   IN    THE    MIDDLE    EAST
(I770-I9I4)	71
V.	MODERNIZATION AND THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM,
(1800-1917)	98
 VI.	THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE  (1918-39)	129
 VII.	THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER (1939-48)	194 ,.
VET.     PRESENT-DAY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS	232

 IX.	RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST  (1907-47)	259
 X.	THE WESTERN POWERS AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO-DAY	283
LIST OF AUTHORITIES	291
INDEX	294