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The Persian Gulf States
The World’s Political Hot Spots (Related to this series)
- Author
- Joseph Stromberg
- Narrator
- Peter Hackes
- Publish Date
- 25 March 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
More than half of the world’s oil comes from Persian Gulf states. Political instability and religious strife there threaten to interrupt the world’s economic routines. Two presentations examine the history of Persia, Iran’s attempt to westernize, and the backlash of religiously fervent Muslims against the West and each other.
The World’s Political Hot Spots Series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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Details
- Author
- Joseph Stromberg
- Narrator
- Peter Hackes
- Duration
- 2 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 March 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481543514
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Middle Eastern history, Education, History
Synopsis
More than half of the world’s oil comes from Persian Gulf states. Political instability and religious strife there threaten to interrupt the world’s economic routines. Two presentations examine the history of Persia, Iran’s attempt to westernize, and the backlash of religiously fervent Muslims against the West and each other.The World’s Political Hot Spots Series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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