TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wynbrandt, James
TI  - A brief history of Saudi Arabia
SN  - 9780816078769
U1  - 953.8 WYN 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Facts on File
KW  - Saudi Arabia - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-345) and index. Arabia : the land and its pre-Islamic history --The birth of Islam (571-632) --The Islamic Empire and Arabia (632-1258) --The golden age of Islam (ca. 750-1258) --The Mamluks, the Ottomans, and the Wahhabi-Al Saud alliance (1258-1745) --The first Saudi state (1745-1818) --Roots of modern Arabia (1818-1891) --Unity and independence (1891-1932) --Birth of a kingdom (1932-1953) --A path to world power (1953-1973) --Oil and arms (1973-1990) --The Gulf crisis and its aftermath (1990-2001) --The challenges ahead
ER  -