I’m reading a throwaway suspense novel from 1980, about Quaddafi planting a nuke in the middle of New York, and threatening to blow it up if the US doesn’t get the Israelis to get out of Israel and give the land to Palestine. (It’s called The Fifth Horseman) It’s done a good job of making me really curious about that area of the World, as far as ancient history goes. I am relatively ignorant of the subject.
Can anyone recommend a good book or series of books covering the last 4000 years of history of that area? I know, that’s a lotta history, but I’m wondering…
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