Continuing civil wars and humanitarian crises, coupled with a changing geopolitical dynamic, highlighted by increased Russian and Chinese presence in the Middle East, call for new thinking. What happens in the Middle East has major global repercussions. This second edition of the ground-breaking textbook Middle East Politics and International Relations: Crisis Zone provides a comprehensive o…
Author's preface to the English translationPrefaceIntroductionI The development of the Syrian system of autonomous lordships (c.1070-1099)The system of autonomous lordships before the First Crusade (c.1070-1099)Frankish-Muslim alliances and treaties during the First Crusade (1097-99)II Relations between the Frankish, Turkish and Arab states in the period of the Syrian autonomous lordships (1098…