Natalie’s Reviews > A Concise History of the Middle East > Status Update

This is not a history of the middle east. This is a history of Islam, and a very selective one at that. If there is something negative about the religion, the author is quick to say “all agrarian religions were like this.” When there is a positive of Islam, the author mentions it in a vacuum, as if it were the only religion to have any positive aspects. This is unbalanced and does not deliver what it promised.