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020			_a9780816078769
040			_aACL _cACL
082			_a953.8 WYN
100			_aWynbrandt, James
245			_aA brief history of Saudi Arabia _cJames Wynbrandt ; foreword by Fawaz A. Gerges
250			_a2nd ed
260			_aNew York _bFacts on File _cc2010
300			_axix, 364 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
500			_aIncludes 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
650			_aSaudi Arabia - History
990			_ae80c142cac10000c6afc3871baea61dc
991			_a247873
999			_c339595 _d339595