Destination Resources
Lectures
- How to Read a Carpet
- The Rise of Islam
- The Pillars of Islam
- The Military Orders of Knights
- The Mystery Cult of Isis
- Lentils & Labneh: Food in the Ancient Middle East
- The Spice Route
- The Mysteries of Petra
- The Life & Songs of King David
- Jerusalem: The Wall, The Sepulcher, and The Rock
History of the Middle East
Books
- Armstrong, Karen. Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths.
- Brooks, Geraldine. The Secret Chord.
- Burkhardt, John Lewis. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
- Cline, Eric. From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible.
- Cline, Eric. Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel.
- Freely, John. Aladdin’s Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World.
- Goodman, Martin. Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations.
- Josephus, Flavius. The War of the Jews and the Destruction of Jerusalem.
- Jones, Dan. The Crusades.
- Kirsch, Jonathan. King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel
- Lewis, Bernard. The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years
- Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings.
- Lloyd Stephens, John. Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
- Holland, Tom. The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West.
- Mackintosh-Smith. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires.
- Markoe, Glenn. Petra Rediscovered: The Lost City of the Nabataean Kingdom.
- Mertz, Barbara. Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.
- Pangonis, Katherine. Queens of Jerusalem.
- Phillips, Jonathan. The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin.
- Sebag Montefiore, Simon. Jerusalem: The Biography.
- Shaw, Ian. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt.
- Taylor, Jane. Petra and the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans.
- Teeter, Emily. Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt.
- Wilkinson, Richard H. Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.
- Wilkinson, Richard H. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt.
Audio Visual Entertainment
Islam
- Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time.
- Esposito, John L. The Oxford History of Islam.
- Hazleton, Lesley. After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam.
- Holland, Tom. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire.
- Husain, Ed. The House of Islam: A Global History.
- Lewis, Bernard. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror.
- Porter, Venetia. Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam.
- Reza, Aslan. No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam.
- Robinson, Maxime. Muhammad.
- Shah, Idriss. The Sufis.
The Crusades & The Military Orders of Knights
- Abridge, Thomas. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land.
- Allen, Bruce Ware. The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John.
- Bradford, Ernie. The Shield and the Sword.
- Capponi, Niccolo. Victory of the West: The Great Christian-Muslim Clash at the Battle of Lepanto.Carr, John. The Knights Hospitaller: A Military history of the Knights of Saint John.
- Cockerill, Sara. Eleanor of Acquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires.Crowley, Roger: The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades.
- Frankopan, Peter. The First Crusade: The Call from the East.
- Gordon, Jamie and Stacey, Mark. Outremer: Faith and Blood: Skirmish Wargames in the Crusades (Osprey Wargames).
- Haag, Michael. Templars: History and Myth: From Solomon’s Temple to the Freemasons.
- Hamilton, Bernard. The Leper King and his Heirs: Baldwin IV and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- Hosler, John D. The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionhearted, and the Battle that Decided the Third Crusade.
- Jones, Dan. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands.
- Jones, Dan. Power and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages.
- Jones, Dan, The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of the God’s Holy Warriors.
- Maalouf, Amin. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes.
- Man, John. Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire.
- Marcombe, David. Leper Knights: The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England, c. 1150-1544.
- Nicholson, Helen. The Knights Hospitaller.
- Nicholson, Helen. The Everyday Life of the Templars: The Knights Templar at Home.
- Nicholson, Helen. The Military Orders Volume II: Welfare and Warfare.
- Pangonis, Katherine. Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule.
- Phillips, Jonathan. The Life and Legend of Sultan Saladin.
- Reily-Smith, Jonathan. Hospitallers: The History of the Orders of St. John.
- Weir, Alison. Queens of the Crusades: England’s Medieval Queens.
Fiction set during the Crusades
- Ball, David. Ironfire: A Novel of the Knights of Malta and the Last Battle of the Crusades.
- Chadwick, Elizabeth. Templar Silks.
- Penman, Sharon Kay. The Land Beyond the Sea.
- Penman, Sharon Kay. Devil’s Brood.
- Penman, Sharon Kay. A King’s Ransom.
- Penman, Sharon Kay. Lionheart.
- Willocks, Tim. The Religion.
Audio Visual Entertainment
Middle Eastern Art
Books
- Critchlow, Keith. Islamic Patterns: An Analytical and Cosmological Approach.
- Denny, Walter, How to Read Islamic Carpets.
- Ettinghausen, Richard. Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250.
- Graber, Oleg. The Dome of the Rock.
- Hillenbrand, Robert. Islamic Art and Architecture.
- Khaled, Azzam. Arts and Crafts of the Islamic Lands.
- Milanesi, Enza. The Bulfinch Guide to Carpets: How to Identify, Classify, and Evaluate Antique Carpets and Rugs.
- Mozzati, Luca. Islamic Art: Architecture, Painting, Calligraphy, Ceramics, Glass, Carpets.
- Murphy, Brian. The Root of Wild Madder: chasing the History, Mystery, and Lore of the Persian Carpet.
- Opie, James. Tribal Rugs: A Complete Guide to Nomadic and Village Carpets.
Middle Eastern Cuisine
Books
- Admony, Einat. Balaboosta.
- Admony, Einat and Our, Janna. Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking.
- Chiffolo, Anthony F. And Hesse, Rayner W. Cooking with the Bible: Recipes for Biblical Meals.
- Der Haroutunian, Arto. Middle Eastern Cookery.
- Duguid, Naomi. The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food.
- Hanson, Stephanie. Ancient Eats: An Edible Exploration of the World.
- Kritsky, Gene. The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt.
- McGovern, Patrick E. Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture.
- Mehdawy, Magda. The Pharaoh’s Kitchen: Recipes from Ancient Egypt’s Enduring Food Traditions.
- Menasche, Ori and Gergis, Genevieve. Bavel: Modern Recipes Inspired by the Middle East.
- Miller, Max and Volkwein, Ann. Tasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipes (A Cookbook).
- Ottolenghi, Yotam and Tamini, Sami. Jerusalem: A Cookbook.
- Scott, James C. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States.
- Shafer-Elliott, Cynthia. Food in Ancient Judah: Domestic Cooking in the Time of the Hebrew Bible.
- Wilkins, John. Food in the Ancient World.
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