A very concise history of the middle east, starts with mesopotamia. I'm currently around the middle of thr ottoman empire 1/3 through the book. It looks like a lot of focus will be put into 19th and 20th century which im glad about as I want to understand that contemporary history of the region better.

Written by a Scott from, what he seems to acknowledge, a Eurocentric point of view. He also acknowledges the whole concept of the middle east being Eurocentric which I'm happy to see in the book.