Leading Lives Golda Meir (Leading Lives)
"Leading Lives" covers key leaders in history and explores their lives and achievements. Each book examines the person's early years, studies and interests, professional life, low points, and considers the links between that individual and the history and events of the time. An underlying theme is whether an individual can change the course of history.
The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War (Perspectives on Modern World History)
The Longman History Project (Longman History Project)
Explores the conflicts between Iraq and its neighbours, as well as within the country, over religion and culture.
Why did George W. Bush and Tony Blair decide their countries should invade Iraq in 2003? What choices did they have, what support and advice did they receive, and how have their decisions affected the world we live in and their legacies? This book looks at a controversial event from recent times, showing how important world leaders chose to follow a particular course of action.
Student Book. The Crusades (Heinemann History Study Units)
by John Child, Nigel Kelly, and Martyn Whittock
Focusing on the Crusades, this is one of a history series, modular in structure, which offers teachers the flexibility to design their own scheme of work at Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. Each book covers all the core study units and also a wide range of optional units, and aims to be visually stimulating as well as offering activities which develop both skills and understanding. An extensive selection of primary and secondary sources is provided. Each pupil book is accompanied by a tea...
United Arab Emirates (Creation of the Modern Middle East)
by Susan Muaddi Darraj and Meredyth Puller
Formed in 1971, the United Arab Emirates comprises seven individual emirates, where vast amounts of oil were discovered in the 1950s. With an oil reserve that makes up almost one-tenth of the world's total, this desert country the size of South Carolina has a stable economy, a labor force that is 13 percent female, and boasts one of the highest standards of living in the world.Although most people living in the UAE are Arabs, about 80 percent of the emirates' inhabitants are foreign workers and...
The Fall of Constantinople (Pivotal Moments in History)
by Ruth Tenzer Feldman
Peace in the Middle East (Viewpoints on Modern World History)
This series is a fascinating and informative look at the historical background to world trouble spots. Each title is packed with details, photographs and maps. Ages 10-16.
Debates on the Rise of Islamist Extremism (Debating History)
by Robert Green
Traces the rise and fall of Iraq's Saddam Hussein and describes life under his poorly planned economic programs, greed, and ruthless brutality.
Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972 to 1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages her to keep at it, but the most surprising turn of all for Ibtisam happens when her mother decides that she would like to seek out an education, too.
Saddam Hussein's Iraq, 2nd Edition (Dictatorships)
by James R. Arnold