Overview of the Middle East
Fifteen centuries of Islam
Arabia : birthplace of the Muslim community
Foundations of Islamic faith and practice
Early Arab-Israeli relations
The 1956 Suez crisis and war
Camp David, the al-Aqsa Intifada, and the end of Oslo
Israeli unilateralism and post-Arafat politics
The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988
The Persian Gulf crisis, 1990-1991
Islamist extremism and terrorism
Iran's drive for nuclear capability
Pakistan, the "Islamic bomb," and relations with the Taliban and Afghanistan
Middle Eastern oil and gas
The Persian Gulf crisis and war
Twenty-first-century recovery
Growing demand : China and India
U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The public and foreign policy
Chronology of events, 1900-2006
Major Middle Eastern wars.
