Place Index

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A Abu Dhabi, 75–76, 87 Acre, 175–76, 177f, 183–84 Afghanistan, 54–55, 82–83, 319, 335f Agra, 331f Aleppo, 185, 262 Algeria, 257–59 Alhambra, 340 Amber, 329 Amman, 263, 265 Anatolia, 28f, 235–36 Angevin region of France, 174 Angola, 283–85 Anjou, 145, 179 Antioch, 116, 157f, 158, 163, 173, 185 Aqaba, 37, 37f, 79, 164–65 Aquitaine, 158, 169, 173–74, 179f Argentina, 135, 198 Argeș River, 239f Ar-rur, 327 Arsuf, 177, 177f Ascalon, 177f Aydhab, 164–65 Ayn Jalut, 185 Ayyadieh, 175

B Baghdad, 4–7, 17–18, 34–35, 159, 185, 347. See also Muslim Empire, Golden Age of in subject index Bahamas, 267 Balkan Peninsula, 241–43, 242f, 255 Bangladesh, 323f Banu Jadhimah, 116 Basra, 59–60 Baton Rouge (LA), 288f Beersheba, 41, 197 Beit Nuba, 177f, 178 Belgrade, 245f Bengal, 82 Benghazi, 261f, 262, 265 Benin, 284 Bethlehem, 215 Birmingham (AL), 355 Bordeaux, 169 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 241, 242f, 243, 243f, 244, 348 Brasov, 251 Brazil, 255 Brindisi, 183 Britain betrayals by (See betrayals, Western in subject index) Churchill and (See Churchill, Winston in name index) colonization and, 29–31, 45 (See also Sykes and Picot in subject index) House of Lords on Balfour Declaration, 79–80 Indian occupation, 329f Iran and, 307 Jerusalem, defeat in, 38–40 on Jewish immigration to Palestine, early 20th century, 200–201 leadership and Zionists, 344 Palestine, withdrawal from, 207–9 television, Count Duckula, 248 vassal leaders and (See vassalage program in subject index) Zionist officials and, 79–80 (See also Zionism in subject index) Bucharest, 233, 251, 251f, 255, 256f Bulgaria, 243 Burkina Faso, 284 Bursa, 264 Byzantium, 111

C Cairo, 56, 59, 68, 159–61, 161f, 182, 184–85. See also Egypt Cameroon, 284 Carpathian Mountains, 233, 239f Carthage, 186 Castile, 340 Central America, 267 Ceuta, 289, 292f Charleston (SC), 279–80 Charlottesville (VA), 250, 324 China, 28, 28f, 246, 357–58 Christchurch, 188 Cilicia, 157f Clermont, 147–48, 149f Constantinople, 18, 22, 111, 116, 151f, 179–81, 181f, 191–93, 237–38, 245 Cordes-sur-Ciel, 190f Cordoba, 9f, 11, 15, 146f, 340, 342 Côte d’Ivoire, 284 Cuba, 267 Curtea Veche, 251f Cyprus, 79, 163, 175, 177f

D Dabiq, 41–42 Damascus, 39–40, 40f, 48, 56, 68, 115–16, 159–60, 178, 185, 264–65 Damietta, 182, 184 Dan, 41 Deir Yassin, 207, 209 Delhi, 321, 325, 327–28, 329f, 332. See also India Dimona, 216 Al-Diriyah, 54f, 56–59, 58f, 62, 62f, 77–78 Dominican Republic, 267 Dubai, 75–76

E East Turkestan, 28, 28f Edessa, 157f, 158 Edirne, 23, 237 Egypt. See also Cairo Crusades and, 182, 184–85 Mamluks in, 185 Ramadan War/Yom Kippur War and, 86 Saladin in, 160–61 Sinai Peninsula of, 215 Six-Day War and, 1967, 215 vassal king for, 80–81 Zionist invasion in Palestine and, 210 El Paso (TX), 250 El-Arish, 42 Elkader (IA), 264–65

F Faisalabad, 90 Faran (mountains), 75f Fayetteville (NC), 279 Fez, 10, 11f Fort Sumter (SC), 272 France crusader occupation, 157 freedom of speech, 348 and Grand Mosque seizure, 1979, 317–19 Iraq War and, 131 knighthood, 169 and "Middle East," conquer of, 346–50 and "Middle East," creation of (See Sykes-Picot Agreement in subject index) paradox, 348 post September 11th attacks, 54 Revolution, 302 terrorism, 348–49 Fut Tur, 279

G Galicia, 340 Galilee, 109, 213f Gambia, 284 Gaza, 214–15, 218, 220, 223 Germany crusaders in, 150–51, 151f, 183–84, 193 evangelicals in, 286, 301 Jews and (See Holocaust/Nazi ideology in subject index; Jews/Judaism in subject index) Ghana, 284, 286 Golan Heights, 215, 218 Golgotha, 111 Granada, 340 Greece, 243, 246 Gujrat, 324–25, 327

H Haifa, 212 Ha’il, 170 Haiti, 267 Hama, 51 Harran, 165 Hattin, 166–67, 175 Hejaz British betrayal and, 35, 36f–37f, 39–40, 58, 64, 71, 71f Crusades and, 162, 164 (See also Crusades in subject index) holy places and, 48, 53, 72, 114 leadership of, 30, 72–73, 81 (See also Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi (Sharif of Mecca) in name index) location of, 53, 54f Ottoman Empire and, 29–30, 30f pilgrimage and, 286, 294 (See also pilgrimages in subject index) Wahhabism and, 63 (See also Wahhabism in subject index) Hispania, 289f Hispaniola, 267 Horns of Hattin, 166 Hungary, 26–27, 253

I Iberian Peninsula, 196, 289 India Bollywood in, 334–35 British colonization in, 29, 33 Christians in, 327 Churchill on, 82 creation of, 323f economy of, 328–29, 329f extremist movements in, 322–26 flag of, 322 Hindu terrorism in, 324–25 Muslims in, 253, 322, 324, 327–31 on Palestine, 206 women's rights in, 332–34 Indian subcontinent, about, 82, 322, 323f, 327–30. See also India Istanbul, 22–23, 85f Iran democracy in, 346 Israel and, 216 lavish party in, 309–10 leadership in, 315 rebellion in, 314–15 Shiism in, 313 US and, 138, 345–46 vassalage program in, 307–8 Iraq Al-Husayn massacre in, 311–12 creation of, 70f Jews in, 196, 212–13 media representation of, 4, 109 US War in (2003-2011), 131–32, 155, 247, 345–47 vassal kings for, 80, 83 Israel. See also Palestine Bible and, 124, 134 biblical vs state of, 350–52 church and state, separation of, 320 democracy in, 207, 211–12, 214–15, 218–19, 346 eschatology and, 134, 198 establishment of, 44, 130–31, 198, 204, 208–15, 213f ethnic cleansing in, 212–15 expansion of, 217f impact of on US, 352 Jerusalem as capital of, 134, 136 media and, 222–27, 222f, 226f military of, 137, 209, 211, 215–16 naming of, 350–51 nuclear weapon program of, 86, 216 Palestinian peace negotiations, 215, 217f, 218–20 Six-Day War and, 1967, 215, 217f Third Temple and, 137 Umar's effect on, 118–19 US Embassy in, 347 US politics and, 86–87, 133–34, 136, 138–39, 87, 215–20, 217f, 221f war with Egypt and Syria and, 86 West Bank, invasion on, 137, 215 Zionism and, 133, 136, 198, 200f, 207–10, 320 Istanbul, 59 Italy, 259–62, 297, 339

J Al-Jabal al-Akhdar, 260 Jaffa, 177, 177f, 212 Jamestown (VA), 269 Jeddah, 35, 71–72, 85, 165, 317, 319 Jericho, 195 Jerusalem. See also Palestine British invasion of, 38–39, 39f as capital of Israel, 134, 136 capture of, by Muslims, seventh century, 117–20, 138 Christian "king" in, 183–84 control of, by religion, 229–30 Cyrus and, 107 East, 215, 218 First Crusaders siege of, 152, 342–43 French Crusader occupation of, 157f holy sites in, 111, 118–20, 118f (See also individual sites in subject index) Muslim Empire and, 162 rule of, 39, 81, 166 Saladin in, 167 Third Crusade and, 176–79 Umar in, 342 US Embassy in, 347 Jordan British invasion in, 39 Irgun and, 200f Israel and, 216 refugees in, 78, 213 vassal program and, 80, 80f, 210 Zionist invasion in Palestine and, 210

K Karbala, 311–12 Kashmir, 323f Kerak, 164–65, 165f, 166 Kerala, 327 Kufa, 311–13 Kuwait, 62, 87

L Lebanon, 21, 46, 66, 78, 91, 213, 216, 345–46 Lesser Antilles, 267 Liberia, 284 Libya, 131, 345–46 Lybia, 259–62

M Macedonia, 109 Mainz, 151 Malabar Coast, 327 Mali, 293–94 Malta, 81 Mansoura, 182, 184 Mauritania, 284 Mecca destruction of, 73–77, 75f, 77f Grand Mosque and (See Grand Mosque in subject index) invasion of by Ikhwan, 71–72, 71f Malcolm X to, 286, 287f pilgrimages to (See pilgrimages in subject index) Prophet Muhammad and, 112 rule of, 81, 287, 347 significance of, 54f, 75, 112 Medina destruction of, 73–77, 75f, 77f holy sites in (See Green Dome in subject index; Masjid an-Nabawi in subject index) invasion of by Ikhwan, 71–72, 71f Prophet Muhammad and, 73f, 112f Raynald of Châtillon's attack on, 164, 164f rule of, 81 significance of, 54f, 76–77, 112, 112f Uthman's home in, 60f Wahhabism and, 56 Meerut, 326 Mesopotamia, 50, 60f, 107, 159 Messina, 175 Minneapolis (MN), 227 Moldavia, 233f, 238

N Najd, 53–57, 54f, 59f, 62–65, 63f, 68, 76, 84, 85f Nanjiang, 28f Netherlands, 255 Neve Tzedek, 217f Niger, 284 Nigeria, 284, 286 Normandy, 179 North Africa, 265

O Ohio, 270 Olympia (WA), 223 Outremer, 157–59, 157f, 161, 163, 166, 173, 185

P Pakistan, 54–55, 90, 322, 323f Palaestina, 109, 111, 351 Palæstina Prima, 195 Palermo, 297 Palestine. See also Israel; Jerusalem Abdulaziz on, 66–68 British invasion of, 1917, 38–39 British mapping of, 32–33, 126–27, 196–97 British occupation of, 41 Corrie killing in, 222–23, 222f Greek occupation of, 109 as homeland for Jews, Zionism and (See Israel; Zionism in subject index) invasion of, biblical, 195 Irgun terrorism in, 199–204 Israel creation and, 42–45, 204–6, 217f (See also Israel; Zionism in the subject index) Jewish immigration to, early 20th century, 197–99 Jewish population in, 198–99 massacre at Deir Yassin, 1948, 207 Muhammad (Prophet) in, 112–14 Palestinian exodus from, 207, 212–14, 213f population in, 212, 214 Roman occupation of, 109–10 Sharif of Mecca on, 71 Third Crusade and, 174–79 Zionism and, 42–45, 81, 344 (See also Zionism in the subject index; Zionist takeover of Palestine in subject index) Paran (desert), 75f Paris, 21, 302 Persepolis, 309–10 Petah Tikva, 217f Pompeii, 109f Puerto Rico, 267

Q Qom, 314, 314f

R Rabigh, 165 Rafah, 223, 225–26 Regensburg, 173 Rione Sant'Angelo, 227 Rishon LeZion, 217f Riyadh, 12, 62, 62f, 85 Rohri, 327 Romania, 233, 233f, 250–52, 251f, 254–55, 256f Rosh Pina, 217f Russia, 243, 245–46, 325 Russian Turkestan, 27–28

S Safed, 213f Sarajevo, 61, 61f Sardis, 108 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz rule in, 349 creation of, 73 destruction in, 73–79 establishment of, 73 Faisal's rule in, 83–87, 315 importance of, to West, 349–50 MBS rule in, 90–91 overthrow attempt of, 1979, 318–19 tourism in, 75–76 Trump and, 12 US relations and, 86–88 Wahhabism in, 54, 315–20 Senegal, 279, 284 Serbia, 245f Seville, 268f, 340 Sicily, 174–75, 297 Sierra Leone, 284 Sighișoara, 233 Sinai Peninsula, 215 Sindh, 327 Somalia, 345 South America, 267 Srebrenica, 243, 243f Sri Lanka, 327 St. Louis (MO), 19–20, 186f, 271–72 Strait of Gibraltar, 291, 292f, 293 Sudan, 345–46 Suluq, 262, 265 Syria, 36f Abdulaziz on, 66 Arab Muslim rule in, 115–16 Crusade routes through, 46 Golan Heights in, 215, 218 ISIS in, 41, 180 Kurdish ISIS fight in, 50 massacres in, 50–51 Mongols in, 185 Ottomans and, 39–40 Ramadan War/Yom Kippur War and, 86 refugees and, 78 rule of, 161, 311 Six-Day War and, 1967, 215 US and, 345–46 Zionist invasion in Palestine and, 210, 213

T Taif, 72, 317–18 Târgoviște, 236, 238, 240 Tarn, 190f Tel Aviv, 43f, 347, 350 Tel Dan, 41 Tel Qadi, 41 Thermopylae, 108 Tikrit, 159 Timbuktu, 294–95 Togo, 284 Toledo (Spain), 289, 293 Transjordan, 80. See also Jordan Transylvania, 233, 233f, 234, 251–52 Trinidad, 267 Tripoli, 157f Tunisia, 186 Turkestan, 27–29, 28f Turkey, 22–24, 77f, 78, 157f, 244, 314, 357 Tyre, 195

U Uganda, 42, 135, 198 United Arab Emirates (UAE), 347 United States (US) Abscam and, 103–5 Civil War and, 272–74 creation of, 269–70 on creation of Israel, 205–10 cultural power of, 354 (See also Hollywood in subject index) democracy and, 341 ethnic cleansing, use of term in, 212 founding fathers of, 19, 298–303, 341 government, on Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 189 Grand Mosque seizure and, 317 on immigration, 200 Iran and, 308, 314 Iraq and, 131–32, 155, 247, 345–47 Israel and, 86–87, 216, 218–20, 222–23, 227 Kurdish betrayal by, 50 media and (See media/press in subject index) oil embargo against, 86–88 populism and, 252, 255 portrayal of Arabs in (See discrimination in subject index; Hollywood in subject index) Revolutionary War in, 170, 269–70, 356 terrorism and, 355–56 (See also terrorism in subject index) vassalage program and, 86–90, 210 (See also vassalage program in subject index) Zionism in (See Zionism in subject index) Utøya, 188–89 Uttar Pradesh, 326, 330 Al-Uyayna, 56 Uyghurstan, 28, 28f Uzbekistan, 60f

V Venice, 340 Vicksburg (MS), 273–74

W Waco (TX), 58–59 Wallachia, 233f–34f, 235–38, 240–41 Washington, D.C., 274 West Africa, 279, 283–85, 283f, 293 West Bank, 137, 214–15, 218–20

Y Yarmouk, 115–17, 115f, 163, 196, 291, 341

Z Zanzur, 259