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5、dmanycivilizations,theMiddleEasthasforcenturiesbeenacenterofknowledgeandideas,oftechniquesandcommodities,and,attimes,ofmilitaryandpoliticalpower.Withthehistorical—andstillgrow•ing—importanceoftheMiddleEastinmodernpol•ities,historianBernardLewis'scogenta

6、ndscholarlywritingbringsawiderunderstandingoftheculturesoftheregiontoapopularaudience.Inthisimmenselyreadableandbroadhistory,lewischartsthesuccessivetransformationsoftheMiddleEast,beginningwiththetwogreatempires,theRomanandthePersian,whosedisputesdivide

7、dtheregiontwothousandyearsago;thedevelopmentofmonotheismandthegrowthofChristianity;theastonishinglyrapidriseandspreadofIslamoveravastarea;thewavesofinvadersfromtheEastandtheMongolhordesofJengizKhan;theriseoftheOttomanTurksinAnatolia,theMamluksinEgyptand

8、theSafavidsinIran;thepeakanddeclineofthegreatOttomanstate:andthechangingbalanceofpowerbetweentheMuslimandChristianworlds.Withinthisnarrative,LewisdetailsthemyriadforcesthathaveshapedthehistoryoftheMiddleEast:theIslamicreligionand