Middle East
Here are entered works on the region consisting of Asia west of Pakistan, northeastern Africa, and occasionally Greece, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Works treating collectively the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only, are entered under Arab countries.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- Middle East -- Antiquities
- Middle East -- Armed Forces
- Middle East -- Civilization
- Middle East -- Commerce
- Middle East -- Congresses
- Middle East -- Description and travel
- Middle East -- Economic conditions
- Middle East -- Ethnic relations
- Middle East -- Fiction
- Middle East -- Foreign public opinion, Western
- Middle East -- Foreign relations
- Middle East -- Guidebooks
- Middle East -- History
- Middle East -- History, Naval
- Middle East -- In art
- Middle East -- Languages
- Middle East -- Periodicals
- Middle East -- Pictorial works
- Middle East -- Poetry
- Middle East -- Politics and government
- Middle East -- Relations
- Middle East -- Religion
- Middle East -- Social conditions
- Middle East -- Social life and customs
- Middle East -- Strategic aspects
- Middle East -- Study and teaching
- Arab countries
- Latin Orient
- Middle Eastern literature
- Antisemitism -- Middle East
- Archaeological expeditions -- Middle East
- Architecture -- Middle East
- Art -- Middle East
- Art, Ancient -- Middle East
- Artists -- Middle East
- Bays -- Middle East
- British -- Middle East
- Bronze age -- Middle East
- Burial -- Middle East
- Censorship -- Middle East
- Christian saints -- Middle East
- Christians -- Middle East
- Civil rights -- Middle East
- Civilization -- Middle East
- Coasts -- Middle East
- Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms -- Middle East
- Decorative arts, Medieval -- Middle East
- Dorr, David F. -- Travel -- Middle East
- Education -- Middle East
- Ethnicity -- Middle East
- Ethnoarchaeology -- Middle East
- Ethnology -- Middle East
- Europe -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- Europe -- Relations -- Middle East
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East
- Folklore -- Middle East
- Franciscans -- Middle East
- Great Britain -- Relations -- Middle East
- Hahn-Hahn, Ida, Gräfin, 1805-1880 -- Travel -- Middle East
- Human rights -- Middle East
- Humanitarianism -- Middle East
- Internet -- Law and legislation -- Middle East
- Iron age -- Middle East
- Irrigation -- Middle East
- Islam and politics -- Middle East
- Islamic architecture -- Middle East
- Islamic art -- Middle East
- Islamic cities and towns -- Middle East
- Islamic decorative arts -- Middle East
- Jewelry -- Middle East
- Jewelry, Ancient -- Middle East
- Jews -- Middle East
- Kinglake, Alexander William, 1809-1891 -- Travel -- Middle East
- Lamartine, Alphonse de, 1790-1869 -- Travel -- Middle East
- Mass media -- Middle East
- Mines and mineral resources -- Middle East
- Minorities -- Middle East
- Monophysites -- Middle East
- Muslims -- Middle East
- National security -- Middle East
- Nationalism -- Middle East
- Naval battles -- Middle East
- Peace-building -- Middle East
- Peninsulas -- Middle East
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Middle East
- Popular culture -- Middle East
- Postcolonialism -- Middle East
- Public opinion -- Middle East
- Refugees -- Middle East
- Regionalism -- Middle East
- Religious minorities -- Middle East
- Seals (Numismatics) -- Middle East
- Secret service -- Middle East
- Sex role -- Middle East
- Ships -- Middle East
- Social archaeology -- Middle East
- Social classes -- Middle East
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839 -- Travel -- Middle East
- Terrorism -- Middle East
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Travel -- Middle East
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- United States -- Relations -- Middle East
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Middle East
- Valleys -- Middle East
- Venice (Italy) -- Colonies -- Middle East
- War -- Economic aspects -- Middle East
- War and society -- Middle East
- Water hyacinth -- Middle East
- Water in agriculture -- Middle East
- Water resources development -- Middle East
- Water-supply -- Middle East
- Weapons of mass destruction -- Middle East
- Widows -- Middle East
- Women -- Middle East
- Women travelers -- Middle East
- Women's rights -- Middle East
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Middle East
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Middle East
- Asia, South West
- Asia, Southwest
- Asia, West
- Asia, Western
- East (Middle East)
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Fertile Crescent
- Levant
- Mediterranean Region, Eastern
- Mideast
- Near East
- Northern Tier (Middle East)
- South West Asia
- Southwest Asia
- West Asia
- Western Asia
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Whose Promised Lands? A Political Atlas of the Middle East and India (with "The New Era of Power Politics" by Halford Hoskins; Headline Series #57; New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1946), by Samuel Van Valkenburg, contrib. by Halford Lancaster Hoskins (multiple formats at archive.org)- East and West of Suez: The Story of the Modern Near East (Headline Books #39; New York: Foreign Policy Association, c1943), by John S. Badeau, illust. by Graphic Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Passion of Max von Oppenheim: Archaeology and Intrigue in the Middle East from Wilhelm II to Hitler (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, ca. 2013), by Lionel Gossman
- The Archaeology of Difference: Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the "Other" in Antiquity (published as v. 60/61 of Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research; c2007), ed. by Douglas R. Edwards and C. Thomas McCollough (page images at HathiTrust)
- Giving Goliath His Due: New Archaeological Light on the Philistines (c1992), by Neal Bierling (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including a Visit to Palmyra (new edition; London: Macmillan and co., 1874), by Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford
- Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including Some Stay in the Lebanon, at Palmyra, and in Western Turkey (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862), by Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford
- Guide to the Collections: Ancient Near Eastern Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1966), by Vaughn Emerson Crawford, Prudence Oliver Harper, Oscar White Muscarella, and Beatrice Elizabeth Bodenstein (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- The Near East in the Southwest: Essays in honor of William G. Dever (published as v. 58 of Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research; 2003), ed. by Beth Alpert Nakhai (page images at HathiTrust)
- Introducing the Arabs to Americans (New York: Institute of Arab American Affairs, 1948), by Khalil Totah (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Influence of the Rise of the Ottoman Turks Upon the Routes of Oriental Trade (reprinted from the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1916), by Albert Howe Lybyer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Actes du Douzième Congrès International des Orientalistes, Rome 1899 (3 volumes in French and other languages; Florence: Soc. Typ. Florentine, 1901-1902)
- A Colored Man Round the World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1999), by David F. Dorr, ed. by Malini Johar Schueller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Journal Up the Straits, October 11, 1856-May 5, 1857 (New York: The Colophon, 1935), by Herman Melville, ed. by Raymond M. Weaver (page images at HathiTrust)
- Beyond the Bosphorus (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1926), by Dorothy Mills (page images at HathiTrust)
- Amurath to Amurath (London: W. Heinemann, 1911), by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Another Budget: or, Things Which I Saw in the East (second edition; Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855), by Jane Anthony Eames (page images at Google)
- Boy Travelers in Arabia: or, From Boston to Bagdad (New York: Phillips and Hunt; Cincinnati: Cranston and Stowe, 1885), by Daniel Wise
- Buck Whaley's Memoirs, Including His Journey to Jerusalem, Written by Himself in 1797 and Now First Published From the Recently Discovered Manuscript (London: Alexander Moring Ltd., 1906), by Thomas Whaley, ed. by Edward Sullivan (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dawnings of Light in the East: With Biblical, Historical, and Statistical Notices of Persons and Places Visited During a Mission to the Jews, in Persia, Coordistan, and Mesopotamia (London: C. H. Purday. 1854), by Henry Aaron Stern
- Days and Nights in the East: From the Original Notes of a Recent Traveler Through Egypt, Arabia-Petra, Syria, Turkey and Greece (London: T. C. Newby, 1845), ed. by Matilda Plumley (HTML with map at Celebration of Women Writers)
- Diary of A Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and The Holy Land (2 volumes; London: Henry Colburn, 1841), by Mary Georgiana Emma Seymour Dawson Damer
- Eastern Life, Present and Past (Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848), by Harriet Martineau
- Eastern Pilgrims: The Travels of Three Ladies (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870), by Agnes Smith Lewis
- Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including a Visit to Palmyra (new edition; London: Macmillan and co., 1874), by Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford
- Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including Some Stay in the Lebanon, at Palmyra, and in Western Turkey (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862), by Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford
- Eine Moderne Kreuzfahrt (in German; Weinheim: Fr. Ackermann, ca. 1898), by Adam Karrillon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Eothen, by Alexander William Kinglake (Gutenberg text)
- Flying Leaves From East and West (London: Field and Tuer; et al., 1885), by Emily Pfeiffer
- A Gyre Thro' the Orient (Princeton, IL: Republican Book and Job Printing Office, 1869), by Joseph Inskeep Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jenkkejä Maailmalla: Heidän Toivioretkensä Pyhälle Maalle (2 volumes in Finnish; Porvoo: WSOY, 1922), by Mark Twain, trans. by Into Konrad Inha
- The Lands of the Saracen: or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain (20th edition; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1863), by Bayard Taylor
- Letters from the East by Henry James Ross, 1837-1857 (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1902), by Henry James Ross, ed. by Janet Ross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Letters of a German Countess: Written During Her Travels in Turkey, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria, Nubia, &c. in 1843-4 (3 volumes in 1; London: H. Colburn, 1845), by Ida Hahn-Hahn (page images at JISC)
- Mainly East (in Prose, Perhaps Prosey) (London: Hutchinson and Co., ca. 1922), by Mrs. Alec-Tweedie
- Notes From a Private Journal of a Visit to Egypt and Palestine, By Way of Italy and the Mediterranean (second edition; London: Printed by Wertheimer, Lea, and Co., 1885), by Judith Cohen Montefiore (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, by William Makepeace Thackeray (Gutenberg text)
- Oriental Harems and Scenery (New York: Carleton, 1862), by Cristina Belgioioso
- Orientalische Briefe (3 volumes in German; Berlin: A. Duncker, 1844), by Ida Hahn-Hahn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sunshine and Storm in the East: or, Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880), by Annie Brassey, illust. by A. Y. Bingham
- Tent and Harem: Notes of an Oriental Trip (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1859), by Caroline Paine (page images at Google)
- Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope; Forming the Completion of Her Memoirs, Narrated by Her Physician (3 volumes; London: H. Colburn, 1846), by Hester Stanhope, ed. by Charles Lewis Meryon
- Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy (second edition; London: Ingram Cooke and Co., 1853), by Ida Pfeiffer, trans. by H. W. Dulcken (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Voyage de Bagdad à Alep (1808) (in French; Paris: J. André, 1899), by Jean Baptiste Louis Jacques Rousseau, ed. by Louis Poinssot
- Yusef, or, The Journey of the Frangi: A Crusade in the East (New York: Harper and Bros., 1853), by J. Ross Browne
- Chow-Chow: Being Selections from a Journal Kept in India, Egypt, and Syria (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857), by Amelia Fitz Clarence Cary Falkland (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Colored Man Round the World: By a Quadroon (printed for the author, 1858), by David F. Dorr
- A Girl's Journey Through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land (Nashville: Printed for the author, 1889), by Lenamay Green (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Holiday Letters from Athens, Cairo, and Weimar (London: Strahan and Co., 1873), by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The Innocents Abroad (Hartford: American Publishing Co., et al., 1869), by Mark Twain
- Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, &c., in the Suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869), by Catharina Therése Lovisa Fredrika Elisabeth von Stedingk Grey Fouché (multiple formats at Google)
- Lands of the Bible: A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine, with Letters of Travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece (Philadelpha: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1881), by J. W. McGarvey (illustrated HTML at biblestudyguide.org)
- Lands of the Bible: A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine, with Letters of Travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece (Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, ca. 1895), by J. W. McGarvey (illustrated HTML at dabar.org)
- An Overland Trek From India, by Side-Saddle, Camel, and Rail: The Record of a Journey from Baluchistan to Europe (London et al.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909), by Edith Fraser Benn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Pilgrimage to The Holy Land: Comprising Recollections, Sketches, and Reflections, Made During a Tour in the East (2 volumes; New York: D. Appleton and Co.; Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton, 1848), by Alphonse de Lamartine
- Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el Origen, Descendencia, y Succession de los Reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz, y de un Viage Hecho por el Mismo Autor Dende la India Oriental Hasta Italia por Tierra (in Spanish; Antwerp: H. Verdussen, 1610), by Pedro Teixeira, contrib. by Muḥammad ibn Khāvandshāh Mīr Khvānd and Turan Shah ibn Qutb al-Din (page images at HathiTrust)
- Some Further Recollections of a Happy Life, Selected From the Journals of Marianne North, Chiefly Between the Years 1859 and 1869 (London and New York: Macmillan, 1893), by Marianne North, ed. by Janet Catherine North Symonds (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Then I Was Guided, by Muhammad Tijani Samawi (HTML at al-islam.org)
- The Travels of Pedro Teixeira; With His "Kings of Harmuz" and Extracts From His "Kings of Persia" (Hakluyt Society works, second series, #9; 1902), by Pedro Teixeira, ed. by William F. Sinclair and Donald Ferguson, contrib. by John Stevens
- Turquie d'Europe et d'Asie (de Salonique à Jérusalem) (in French; Paris: Laurens, ca. 1899), by Marius Bernard, illust. by Henri Avelot
- When Turkey was Turkey: In and Around Constantinople (London, G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and co., 1921), by Mary A. Poynter, contrib. by Edwin Pears (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of a Journey Overland From England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India: Including a Residence There, and Voyage Home, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28 (2 volumes; London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830), by Anne Elwood
- Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, With Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and the Desert: Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum (London: J. Murray, 1853), by Austen Henry Layard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, As Related by Herself in Conversations With Her Physician (3 volumes; London: H. Colburn, 1845), by Hester Stanhope, ed. by Charles Lewis Meryon (page images at HathiTrust)
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