Syria Quiz Book -- 101 Questions with Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Syria

Syria Quiz Book -- 101 Questions with Answers to Test Your Knowledge of Syria
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Syria

Over 3,500 words. 101 multiple-choice questions with answers.

Syria has been at the forefront of international news for quite a while, for various reasons. It’s not only a crucial state in the Middle East controlling the energy-critical zone between Israel and Iraq, but also an ancient country with a diverse population, a fascinating culture, and a troublesome past.

If you like to follow the news intelligently, and make sense of what’s going on in our world and Middle East today, fortify your knowledgebase by taking this fun and informational 101 question quiz challenge. All answers are provided at the end of this special ebook.

These 101 multiple-choice questions and answers cover not only Syrian geography, history, and politics, but culture, society, media, music and even cuisine as well.

Some randomly selected sample questions:

(1) In 2004, which Syrian ethnic group rioted in Qameshli?
(2) What is the reputation of Syria’s capital city?
(3) In Syria, raising the eyebrows while throwing the head slightly backward means …
(4) What is “manakish” in Syrian cuisine?
(5) What is “Nur al-Din Bimaristan”?

And 96 more!

Rating scale:

95 – 101 correct – MASTER OF THE DOMAIN! (Respect…)
85 – 95 correct – MIDEAST MAVEN (Hats off…)
75 – 85 correct – WELL-INFORMED NEWS HOUND (Well done...)
65 – 75 – MIDEAST NOVICE (Keep going!)
65 or LESS correct – WIDE OPEN TO IMPROVEMENT … (Smile)

A perfect refresher and educational module for all students of international relations, journalists, academicians, social scientists, historians, and anyone interested in making more sense of our complicated world.

Good luck!

• Rank: #79496 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-09-17
• Released on: 2012-09-17
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The Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria (Ismaili Heritage)

The Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria (Ismaili Heritage)
Peter Willey (Author)

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Magnificent castles and fortresses in remote, mountainous regions were built for refuge and defensive purposes by the Ismaili Muslims of Iran and Syria fleeing from persecution during the early middle ages. Often superior in construction to those built by the Crusaders, these castles withstood numerous offensives for over two centuries until the middle of the thirteenth century when most were captured and demolished by the Mongols. Peter Willey describes the discoveries he made during the course of more than 20 expeditions to these Ismaili sites spanning the past forty years. The book is illustrated with photographs, maps and plans. As well as being a piece of original scholarship, it is also a readable personal account of the challenges encountered in expeditions to remote, inaccessible and often hazardous locations.

• Rank: #110362 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-08
• Released on: 2005-12-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.21" h x 1.50" w x 6.14" l, 1.73 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

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IB Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Hardcover. 1850434646 Brand New. Gift quality. . New.

Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri (Columbia/Hurst)

Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri (Columbia/Hurst)
Brynjar Lia (Author)
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Despite his alleged capture in Pakistan in late 2005, Abu Mus'ab al-Suri, a Syrian originally known as Mustafa Sethmarian Nasar, remains a potent political and ideological figure. One of the foremost theoreticians of the global jihadist movement, al-Suri trained a generation of young jihadis at al-Qaeda's Afghan camps and helped to establish the organization's vast European networks. Having gained extensive military experience fighting in the Syrian Islamist insurgency of the early 1980s, he helped to shape al-Qaeda's global strategy in a series of writings, including his influential Global Islamic Call. In that 1,600 page book, al-Suri outlined a broad strategy for al-Qaeda's younger generation to follow and described practical ways to implement the theories and tactics of jihadi guerrilla warfare.

Architect of Global Jihad is a biography of this powerful, charismatic, and prophetic individual. Examining not only the life of Al-Suri but also the world that gave rise to him, Brynjar Lia reveals al-Suri's skill for maximizing the political impact of jihadi violence. Lia provides the first and only English translation of two key chapters from al-Suri's Global Islamic Call and exposes his methods for building successful, autonomous cells for "individualized terrorism." Al-Suri's words have inspired thousands of today's militants, making Lia's carefully researched, detailed portrait required reading for students and specialists of Islamist movements and the study of contemporary forms of terrorism.

• Rank: #78563 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.09" h x 5.78" w x 8.62" l, 1.41 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

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Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora (American Crossroads)

Between Arab and White: Race and Ethnicity in the Early Syrian American Diaspora (American Crossroads)
Sarah Gualtieri (Author)

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This multifaceted study of Syrian immigration to the United States places Syrians-- and Arabs more generally--at the center of discussions about race and racial formation from which they have long been marginalized. Between Arab and White focuses on the first wave of Arab immigration and settlement in the United States in the years before World War II, but also continues the story up to the present. It presents an original analysis of the ways in which people mainly from current day Lebanon and Syria--the largest group of Arabic-speaking immigrants before World War II--came to view themselves in racial terms and position themselves within racial hierarchies as part of a broader process of ethnic identity formation.

• Rank: #86470 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .75" w x 5.98" l, .88 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

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Categories: Syrian Americans->History, United States->Race relations. Contributors: Sarah Gualtieri - Author. Format: Paperback

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Categories: Syrian Americans->History, United States->Race relations. Contributors: Sarah Gualtieri - Author. Format: Paperback

Adaptable Autocrats: Regime Power in Egypt and Syria (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Culture)

Adaptable Autocrats: Regime Power in Egypt and Syria (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Culture)
Joshua Stacher (Author)

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The decades-long resilience of Middle Eastern regimes meant that few anticipated the 2011 Arab Spring. But from the seemingly rapid leadership turnovers in Tunisia and Egypt to the protracted stalemates in Yemen and Syria, there remains a common outcome: ongoing control of the ruling regimes. While some analysts and media outlets rush to look for democratic breakthroughs, autocratic continuity—not wide-ranging political change—remains the hallmark of the region's upheaval.

Contrasting Egypt and Syria, Joshua Stacher examines how executive power is structured in each country to show how these preexisting power configurations shaped the uprisings and, in turn, the outcomes. Presidential power in Egypt was centralized. Even as Mubarak was forced to relinquish the presidency, military generals from the regime were charged with leading the transition. The course of the Syrian uprising reveals a key difference: the decentralized character of Syrian politics. Only time will tell if Asad will survive in office, but for now, the regime continues to unify around him. While debates about election timetables, new laws, and the constitution have come about in Egypt, bloody street confrontations continue to define Syrian politics—the differences in authoritarian rule could not be more stark.

Political structures, elite alliances, state institutions, and governing practices are seldom swept away entirely—even following successful revolutions—so it is vital to examine the various contexts for regime survival. Elections, protests, and political struggles will continue to define the region in the upcoming years. Examining the lead-up to the Egyptian and Syrian uprisings helps us unlock the complexity behind the protests and transitions. Without this understanding, we lack a roadmap to make sense of the Middle East's most important political moment in decades.

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• Published on: 2012-04-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .55" w x 5.98" l, 1.01 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

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Mirror To Damascus

Mirror To Damascus
Colin Thubron (Author)
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Described by the author as simply 'a work of love', Mirror to Damascus provides an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well a being

The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000-300 BC) (Cambridge World Archaeology)

The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000-300 BC) (Cambridge World Archaeology)
Peter M. M. G. Akkermans (Author), Glenn M. Schwartz (Author)
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This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC. Although Syria has been the focus of intensive excavations for decades, no large-scale review of the results of these excavations has ever appeared until now. Syria is one of the prime areas of excavation and archaeological field work in the Middle East, and Peter Akkermans and Glenn Schwartz outline the many important finds yielded by Syria, before providing their own perspectives and conclusions.

• Rank: #47869 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.72" h x .98" w x 6.85" l, 1.70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 486 pages

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Cambridge University Press | 2004 | 486 pages | ISBN-13: 9780521796668 | ISBN-10: 0521796660 | You save 10%

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Categories: Archaeology->Syria. Contributors: Peter MMG Akkermans - Author. Format: Hardcover

In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria

In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria
Andrew Tabler (Author)
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A key player in the Middle East and the site of violent protests in 2011, Syria has long been a thorn in Washington's side when it comes to forging peace or rolling back the influence of the Islamic republic of Iran. But only after the events of 9/11 and Damascus's staunch opposition to the war in Iraq did the U.S. government begin an unannounced campaign to pressure President Bashar al-Assad's regime to revamp its regional and domestic policies. The book vividly captures Tabler's behind-the-scenes experiences and provides a firsthand look at 21st-century Syria and Washington's attempts to craft a "New Middle East." Examining the effects of the neoconservatives' strategy and asking what went wrong and how Washington can achieve a new relationship with this pivotal Middle Eastern nation, this investigation provides a rare glimpse into U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

• Rank: #89342 in eBooks
• Published on: 2011-09-01
• Released on: 2011-09-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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DIVDIVDIVA key player and an unrelenting obstacle in the Middle East peace process, Syria has long been a thorn in Washington's side when it comes to forging strategic alliances with powers in the region. But only after the events of 9/11 and Damascus's staunch opposition to the War in Iraq did the US government begin a campaign to pressure President Bashar al-Asad's regime to change its policies and bring Syria into the Western political orbit.pAuthor Andrew Tabler was both a witness to and participant in the events of this covert conflict. No other Western journalists or academics were based in Damascus during this entire period, and as co-founder of what was then Syria's only English-language publication, Tabler was not only watched and censored, but courted by the Syrian government in an attempt to influence his stories to the international community. He gained unique access to the upper echelons of power like no other journalist before him, even accompanying the Syrian president on a state visit to China./pPIIn the Lion's Den/Iprovides a rare glimpse into the machinations of one of the world's most baffling political systems. The book vividly captures Tabler's behind-the-scenes experiences as well as the story of Syria itself post-9/11 and Washington's attempts to craft a New Middle East. Tabler's astute political analysis of the goings-on around him is seamlessly interwoven with a devastating critique of US foreign policy. He examines the effects of the the Bush adminstration's strategy, asking what went wrong, what went right, and where Washington needs to go from here to deal with this volatile Middle Eastern country./p/DIV/DIV/DIVDIVTabler's unique position as an American working to promote Syrian culture allowed him a keen perch from which to observe unfolding events...A singular, critical look inside this compelling Arab nation. IKirkus/IDIV /DIV/DIVDIVTabler's frontline report offers readers a chi

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Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 8 - Enhanced Version (Early Church Fathers)

Ante-Nicene Fathers Volume 8 - Enhanced Version (Early Church Fathers)
Philip Schaff (Author)

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This edition of the Early Church Fathers series has been optimized for use on the Kindle with a hierarchical Table of Contents that minimizes the number of page turns required to locate a section of the volume. This edition is among the most accurate electronic editions available, but Hebrew characters do not display on the Kindle.

This volume includes: The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Ages.

This edition features an artistic cover, a new promotional introduction, and a hierarchical table of contents which makes it possible to navigate to any part of the book with a minimum of page turns.

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• Published on: 2009-06-08
• Released on: 2009-06-08
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution

A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution
Samar Yazbek (Author), Max Weiss (Translator)
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A well-known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, Samar Yazbek witnessed firsthand and actively participated in the first four months of the Syrian intifada. Throughout she kept a diary of personal reflections. Because of outspoken views published in print, online, and on Facebook, Yazbek quickly attracted the attention and fury of the regime, as vicious rumors spread about her disloyalty to the homeland and the Alawite community from which she comes. This narrative weaves together her struggle to protect herself and her young daughter after she is forced from her home into living on the run, detained multiple times, and eventually flees to Europe.

Filled with exhilarating hope and horrifying atrocities, A Woman in the Crossfire offers us a wholly unique perspective on the Syrian uprising. Yazbek's is a modest yet powerful testament to the strength and commitment of countless unnamed individual Syrians who dream of bringing an end to a forty-year-old dictatorship fight for their dignity, which will inspire all those who read this book and challenges the world to look anew at the trials and tribulations of the Syrian uprising.

Samar Yazbek has published several novels and collections of short stories, the most recent of which is In Her Mirrors (Dar al-Adab, 2010). An excerpt of her novel Cinnamon was published in the anthology Beirut 39 (Bloomsbury, 2010).

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• Published on: 2012-08-21
• Released on: 2012-08-21
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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Categories: Sallye's Current Affairs Picks, Syria->Politics and government->2000-. Contributors: Samar Yazbek - Author. Format: NOOK Book

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Categories: Sallye's Current Affairs Picks, Syria->Politics and government->2000-. Contributors: Samar Yazbek - Author. Format: Paperback

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A devastating and personal first-hand account of the ongoing uprising in Syria from a prominent Syrian journalist now in hiding

Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian): The Second Part, Chapters 4-41 (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium)

Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian): The Second Part, Chapters 4-41 (Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium)
A.S. Brock (Author)
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• Published on: 1995-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.10" w x .59" l, .90 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 207 pages

Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria (Music Culture)

Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria (Music Culture)
Jonathan Holt Shannon (Author)
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How does a Middle Eastern community create a modern image through its expression of heritage and authenticity? In Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria, Jonathan H. Shannon investigates expressions of authenticity in Syria's musical culture, which is particularly known for embracing and preserving the Arab musical tradition, and which has seldom been researched in depth by Western scholars. Music plays a key role in the process of self-imaging by virtue of its ability to convey feeling and emotion, and Shannon explores a variety of performance genres, Sufi rituals, song lyrics, melodic modes, and aesthetic criteria. Shannon shows that although the music may evoke the old, the traditional, and the local, these are re-envisioned as signifiers of the modern national profile. A valuable contribution to the study of music and identity and to the ethnomusicology of the modern Middle East, Among the Jasmine Trees details this music and its reception for the first time, offering an original theoretical framework for understanding contemporary Arab culture, music, and society.

• Rank: #472025 in Books
• Published on: 2009-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x .83" w x 5.98" l, .95 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

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Categories: Music->Arab countries->Philosophy and aesthetics. Contributors: Jonathan Holt Shannon - Author. Format: Hardcover

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The History of Alexander the Great: Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes

The History of Alexander the Great: Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes
Ernest A. Wallis Budge (Translator)

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Syria

Originally published in 1889, this book by the highly esteemed Orientalist Ernest Wallis Budge is an edition of the Syriac version of the text by Pseudo-Callisthenes on the life of Alexander the Great, one of the earliest histories of the great Macedonian general. Also included are a brief biography of Alexander, an assessment of the varying versions of the Alexander story, and a copy of the Syriac source text with scholarly footnotes and comparisons among the various manuscripts. This book will be of value to Syriac students, Classicists and anyone with an interest in the confluence of East and West in the ancient world.

• Rank: #1238966 in Books
• Published on: 2013-07-04
• Original language: Syriac
• Binding: Paperback
• 680 pages

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Contributors: Pseudo-Callisthenes - Author. Format: Paperback

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Contributors: Pseudo-Callisthenes - Author. Format: Paperback

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The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes, Volume 1, ISBN-13: 9781142400316, ISBN-10: 114240031X

History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine, Vol. 1

History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine, Vol. 1
Philip K. Hitti (Author)
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A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet.

• Rank: #979754 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.82" h x 5.98" w x 1.09" l, 1.45 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 452 pages

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Contributors: Philip K. Hitti - Author. Format: Paperback

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A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were crowded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and the alphabet.

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Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Author)
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When Jews left Aleppo, Syria, in the early twentieth century and established communities abroad, they carried with them a repertory of songs (pizmonim) with sacred Hebrew texts set to melodies borrowed from the popular Middle Eastern Arab musical tradition. Let Jasmine Rain Down tells the story of the pizmonim as they have continued to be composed, performed, and transformed through the present day; it is thus an innovative ethnography of an important Judeo-Arabic musical tradition and a probing contribution to studies of the link between collective memory and popular culture.

Shelemay views the intersection of music, individual remembrances, and collective memory through the pizmonim. Reconstructing a century of pizmon history in America based on research in New York, Mexico, and Israel, she explains how verbal and musical memories are embedded in individual songs and how these songs perform both what has been remembered and what otherwise would have been forgotten. In confronting issues of identity and meaning in a postmodern world, Shelemay moves ethnomusicology into the domain of memory studies.

• Rank: #90237 in Books
• Published on: 1998-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.90" h x 5.94" w x .79" l, 1.03 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 310 pages

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Author Biography Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Professor of Music at Harvard University. She is a past president of the Society for Ethnomusicology and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She traveled and conducted research in Ethiopia and Israel during graduate school and wrote her dissertation on the liturgical music of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). A monograph of her work, Music, Ritual and Falasha History, earned her the 1986 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award and the 1988 Prize of the International Musicological Society. Details ISBN 0226752127 ISBN-13 9780226752129 Title Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance Among Syrian Jews [With *] Author Kay Kaufman Shelemay Format Paperback Year 1998

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Saladin

Saladin
Abdul Rahman Azzam (Author)
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Like Alexander or Caesar, the name of Saladin – the greatest figure of Islamic history – has a timeless quality. As famous today as he was when he drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem, the real Saladin has dissolved into legend with each generation’s retelling of his story. Through the ages he has made many numerous appearances in both classic and popular culture: Dante placed him in the first circle of Hell with the heroes of Troy and Rome while Rex Harrison played him as a cad in the film King Richard and the Crusaders. In Youssef Chahine’s epic film Saladin, he emerged as a hero of Arab socialism, and he has even made an appearance in an episode of Dr Who. Even today, Saladin’s historical influence continues with Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Colonel Gaddafi all claiming to be his military and spiritual heir.

 

To understand the real Saladin, however, A. R. Azzam argues that we must place him within his historical setting amidst the 10th century Sunni Revival - the powerful and sweeping intellectual renaissance which would ultimately transform every field of Islamic thought. Making a compelling case against accepted orthodoxy, this ground-breaking biography contends that Saladin was not the brilliant military commander of popular imagination but that, in fact, his true greatness lay in his spiritual vision. An honest and guileless leader, Saladin baffled his enemies by refusing to play their political games and succeeded in uniting an army from all parts of the Muslim world without bloodshed. Yet despite being one of the most powerful men in Islam, Saladin died a pauper in 1193 without even enough money for straw to line his coffin.

 

The first major biography of Saladin for twenty years, and the first by a Muslim historian to appear in English, A. R. Azzam’s timely and fascinating account is essential reading for anyone interested in the medieval Crusades, Islamic history and the origins of the modern Middle East.

• Rank: #141282 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.53" h x .87" w x 6.46" l, 1.78 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

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Saladin (Ancient World Leaders) by John Davenport

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Categories: Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1137-1193). Contributors: Malcolm Cameron Lyons - Author. Format: Paperback

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Categories: Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1137-1193). Contributors: David Nicolle - Author. Format: Paperback

History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine, Vol. 2

History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine, Vol. 2
Philip Hitti (Author)

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Syria

A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet.

• Rank: #660179 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 364 pages

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Gorgias Press 9781931956611 History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine (Volume 2) Description A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet. *Author: Hitti, Philip K. *Binding Type: Paperback *Number of Pages: 364 *Publication Date: 2002/10/01 *Language

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine (Volume 2) by Philip K. Hitti Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet. Publisher Descr

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine (Volume 1) by Philip K. Hitti Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were crowded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and the alphabet. Publisher Description A

The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian (Cistercian Studies)

The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian (Cistercian Studies)
Hilarion Alfeyev (Author), Bishop Kallistos Ware of Diokleia (Foreword)
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Syria

• Rank: #47368 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.39" h x .71" w x 5.39" l, .85 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 321 pages

• ISBN: 9780879077754
• Condition: New
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Cistercian Studies, by Hilarion Alfeyev & Kallistos Ware - 9780879077754

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Cistercian Publications January 1988. Paper Back Paper Back. New. A tantalizing glimpse into the little-known world of the Syriac tradition which alongside the Greek and Latin traditions constitutes Christendom. This intensely Semitic and Biblical tradition while informed by Greek patristic thought retains a strange poetic beauty a unique and pristine perception of the Christian life as purity of heart and clarity of vision: the image of the ''luminous eye'' unites and conveys the essence of it. Included in this book are selections from writers such as Aphrahat Ephrem the Syrian Evagrius John the Solitary Isaac of Ninevah and others who deserve to be better known in the West. 381 pp.

Dust Clouds in the Middle East: The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42

Dust Clouds in the Middle East: The Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42
Christopher Shores (Author)
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Syria

Originally appearing as a series of magazine articles, the valuable research into air operations, over the old-style Middle East of World War II, here appears in book form. It deals with a variety of engagements between Britain and her Commonwealth forces and the Germans, Italians and Vichy French across many borders and differing terrains. It covers from the Italian threat and Ababa, the air battles over Lebanon, the breaking of Vichy air strength and culminates in the occupation of Madagascar in 1942.

• Rank: #456339 in Books
• Published on: 1996-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.49" h x 6.50" w x .0" l, 1.52 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

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Dust Clouds in the Middle East (Reprinted): Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940-42 by Shores, Christopher [Hardcover]

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author christopher f shores format hardback language english publication year 28 02 1996 subject history military subject 2 military history general all our items our feedback faqs about us contact us item description dust clouds in the middle east air war for east africa iraq syria iran and madagascar 1940 42 ean 978 1898697374 isbn 10 1 89869737 x ref btr 189869737 x title dust clouds in the middle east air war for east africa iraq syria iran and madagascar 1940 42 author christopher f shores

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