Looking for recommendations on any of the following:

1. Central Asia prior to Islamic conquests
2. Conflicts in Europe in the immediate aftermath of WW1

Thanks!

I've been reading Renée Worringer's new book A Short History of The Ottoman Empire and I can say I find it really excellent It's a nice combination of political as well as socio-cultural history in a condensed manner.

İt''s also quite up to date, addressing the matter of Ottoman Decline for example, and also included miscellany such as how the Young Turks viewed the Japanese. There are things i disagreed with especially on the late era but it's still a really good book.

I'd say it's a very good replacement for Osman's Dreams . However, despite its title it's actually quite long, but it probably won't really matter.

Any good biographies of Queen Tamar of Georgia?

Is there a book that covers Middle Eastern history in the way that A History of Western Society and A History of Asia cover their respective regions of the word? I'm aware of the general category in the wonderful Books section of this subreddit, but those books seem to focus mostly on the CE with barely any if any info covering BCE.

Hello! Looking for good books that cover the Fenian Raids or the Irish-American invasion of pre-Canada or the British Northwest. Also, looking for good books on the culture of Iran and Iraq in the 1990s. Thanks!

Looking for any books about the foundation of Bangladesh, the bhola cyclone, the Bangladeshi genocide, the Bangladesh Liberation war, the Awami League. Really any book on the subject would be of great help to me.

Hi there, looking for books that cover Precolumbian American Indian history as told by American Indians. I know historiographical traditions in North America tended to be oral or mnemonic (like wampum) but is there a book that more or less covers how we can interpret these?

Hi looking for recommendations for:

1. A book about the history of Kenya and/or Swahili coast
2. A book about eastern (persian/indian) miniature painting
3. A book about european miniature painting

Thanks!

Is Edward Said's "Orientalism" still a good solid read? Or is there a better/more recent/more accessible work?