The Penguin State of the Middle East Atlas: Completely Revised and Updated Third Edition

From the author of The Penguin State of the World Atlas, an essential tool for understanding the modern Middle East

The Middle East is in a constant state of change, and understanding it has never been more important. In this essential guide to the region and its politics, Dan Smith unravels the history of the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire to the present day. With the acute and fair-minded analysis readers have come to expect from him, Smith highlights key issues and maps their global implications to explain why the Middle East has become, and will remain, the focal point of foreign policy. There can be no one-line summary of the Middle East, but in The Penguin State of the Middle East Atlas, Smith gives readers the primer they need to understand the ongoing conflicts in the region.

• Middle East Patterns: Places, People, and Politics
• The Modern Middle East: A History
• A Short History of the Middle East: From Ancient Empires to Islamic State
• The New Middle East: What Everyone Needs to Know®
• Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents
• The Multiple Identities of the Middle East
• A History of the Modern Middle East
• National Geographic Atlas of the Middle East, Second Edition: The Most Concise and Current Source on the World's Most Complex Region
• The Modern Middle East and North Africa: A History in Documents (Pages from History)
• The Complete Persepolis