A brief history of Saudi Arabia

Arabia: the land and its pre-Islamic history

The birth of Islam (571-632)

The Islamic empire and Arabia (632-1258)

The golden age of Islam (ca. 750-1258)

The Mamluks, The Ottomans, and the Wahhabi-Al Saud alliance (1258-1745)

The first Saudi state (1745-1818)

Roots of modern Arabia (1818-1891)

Unity and independence (1891-1932)

Birth of a kingdom (1932-1973)

Oil and arms (1973-1990)

The Gulf crisis and its aftermath (1990-2001)

The challenges ahead.