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Author Hiro, Dilip.

Title The Essential Middle East : a comprehensive guide / Dilip Hiro
Edition First Carroll and Graf edition
Published New York : Carroll & Graf, 2003

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 MELB  956.003 Hir/Eme  AVAILABLE
Description 639 pages : maps, ; 21 cm
Contents Aal -- to -- zoroastrianism and zorastrians
Summary "Completely revised, updated, and expanded to reflect the massive change in the Middle East since the first edition was published in 1996, The Essential Middle East is a must-have reference for anyone interested in understanding more about the Middle East. In these pages expert author Dilip Hiro offers a broad range of alphabetically arranged information about everything from politics and religion to literature and tourist destinations. Authoritative and devoid of bias, The Essential Middle East is also easy to read and easy to use."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Rev. ed. of: Dictionary of the Middle East. 1996
Includes index
SUBJECT Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Encyclopedias.
Dictionaries.
Author Hiro, Dilip. Dictionary of the Middle East
LC no. 2003055293
ISBN 0786712694 paperback