Settlement and Soldiers in the Roman Near East (Variorum Collected Studies Series)

Settlement and Soldiers in the Roman Near East (Variorum Collected Studies Series)
David L. Kennedy (Author)

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The Roman Near East has been a source of fascination and exasperation - an immense area, a rich archaeological heritage as well as documents in several local languages, a region with a great depth of urbanisation and development ...yet relatively neglected by modern researchers and difficult to work on and in. Local archaeologists are often under-funded and the Roman period viewed as an earlier phase of western colonialism. Happily, the immense surge in archaeological and historical research on the Roman period everywhere has included the Roman Near East and there have been significant academic developments. This collection of studies on the Roman Near East represents Professor Kennedy's academic assessment of the region, which began with his doctoral thesis on the contribution of Syria to the Roman army. Although the thesis was never published, several articles owe their genesis to work done then or soon after and are included here (VI, VII, IX, XII). Initial visits to military sites in Syria and Jordan swiftly brought out the presence in many cases of associated civil settlements and - though often now gone, the traces of ancient field systems. Hence, the two prominent sub-themes in this collection are the Roman military and various aspects of society and settlement - settlement types, farming, logistical underpinning and communications.

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• Published on: 2013-07-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 280 pages

Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500

Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500
Guy Le Strange (Author)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

• Rank: #200560 in Books
• Published on: 2012-08-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 678 pages

The Tragedy of the Templars

The Tragedy of the Templars
Michael Haag (Author)

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From Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the rise of Templar power and the saga of their destruction.
 
Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies of the medieval world—and the chief defenders of Christian society against growing Muslim forces.
 
In The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States, Haag masterfully details the conflicts and betrayals that sent this faction of powerful knights spiraling from domination to condemnation.
 
This stirring and thoroughly researched work of historical investigation includes maps and full-color photographs of important cultural sites, many of which doubled as battlefields during the Crusades.

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• Published on: 2013-08-13
• Released on: 2013-08-13
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Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine. Volume I: Text; Volume II: Illustrations. (Two Volumes)

Ancient Building in South Syria and Palestine. Volume I: Text; Volume II: Illustrations. (Two Volumes)
G. R. H. Wright (Author)

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• Published on: 1985
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 890 pages

Post-Colonial Syria and Lebanon: The Decline of Arab Nationalism and the Triumph of the State (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)

Post-Colonial Syria and Lebanon: The Decline of Arab Nationalism and the Triumph of the State (Library of Modern Middle East Studies)
Youssef Chaitani (Author), Patrick Seale (Introduction)

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The complex relationship between Syria and Lebanon is the political fulcrum of the Middle East, and has dominated headlines since the withdrawal of French colonial forces from the Levant in 1943. One of the great paradoxes of this relationship is how two such very different political systems emerged in what many Syrian and Lebanese people see as one society. At the time of independence, it was assumed that only the divide-and-rule strategies of foreign powers kept the Arab peoples artificially separated. In this major new book, Youssef Chaitani examines how, despite the prevalence of Arab nationalism and the regression of imperial interference, Syria and Lebanon became more divided, rather than more integrated in the post-independence period. Drawing on untapped sources from the archives of Western foreign offices and the local press, Chaitani uncovers the strategies and motivations of both countries' elites during this period, and produces conclusions which have major implications for our understanding of Arab nationalism, as well as the complexities of the Syrian-Lebanese relationship.

• Rank: #211840 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-15
• Released on: 2007-07-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.17" h x 6.10" w x .91" l, 1.15 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism 1920-1945 (Princeton Studies on the Near East)

Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism 1920-1945 (Princeton Studies on the Near East)
Philip S. Khoury (Author)

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". . . this is an extremely readable book, and in fact one which is often hard to put down, so well written is it, so beautifully produced, and so coherent in its presentation. . . . Basing his study on an exhaustive array of sources, from the French, British, and Syrian archives to conversations with virtually every surviving prominent participant in the events described, Philip Khoury has given us what will undoubtedly henceforth be the standard work on the subject. Packed with information, all of it clearly presented and much in the form of fascinating biographical nuggets, this book will be indispensable to students of Syria, of modern Arab history and politics, and of Arab nationalism, for the Mandatory period, as well as earlier and later ones".--Rashid I. Khalidi, The Middle East Journal "[Khoury] has produced a formidable piece of scholarship which, as well as analyzing new data on the period, surely cannot fail to stimulate many ideas for future research. The product of years of careful work, this is a book to feast on. . . . With the author exercising such an able grasp of his subject, not to mention an obviously deep affection, this work is thoroughly recommended".--Philip Robins, MESA Bulletin

• Rank: #139773 in Books
• Published on: 1987-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 721 pages

Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade

Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
James Reston Jr. (Author)
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The epic story of the battle for the Holy Land and the two larger-than-life figures at its center.

James Reston, Jr., the author of Galileo: A Life (called "masterful" and "brilliant" by the Washington Post) and the critically lauded The Last Apocalypse, a stunningly original portrait of the Christian world at the turn of first millennium, now re-creates the collision of the Christian holy wars and the Muslim jihad at the end of the twelfth century. A dual biography of the legendary Richard the Lionheart and the Sultan Saladin, iconic hero of the Islamic world, Warriors of God recounts the life of each man and reveals the passions of the times that brought them face-to-face in the final battle of the Third Crusade.

Richard the Lionheart, commonly depicted as the romantic personification of chivalry, here emerges in his full complexity and contradictions as Reston examines the dark side of Richard's role as the leader of the blood-soaked Crusades and breaks new ground by openly discussing Richard's homosexuality. Reston's compelling portrait of Saladin brings to life the wise, highly cultured leader who realized an enduring Arab dream by uniting Egypt and Syria and whose conquest of Jerusalem not only sparked the Third Crusade but ignited the first jihad and turned Saladin into a hero of epic proportions. In riveting descriptions, Reston captures the fascinating clash of the two armies as they battled their way to the outskirts of Jerusalem. There, Saladin's brilliant maneuvers and Richard's sudden failure of nerve turned the tide. Sweeping readers into a mesmerizing period of history, Warriors of God is a provocative look at two towering leaders and the not always noble causes for which they fought.

• Rank: #113277 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05-15
• Released on: 2001-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries in the Middle East: The Case of the Jacobites in an Age of Transition

Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries in the Middle East: The Case of the Jacobites in an Age of Transition
John Joseph (Author)

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• Rank: #184587 in Books
• Published on: 1983-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

Sane in Damascus

Sane in Damascus
Amnon Sharon (Author)
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A story of sacrifice and heroism, Sane in Damascus tells the compelling and engaging tale of Amnon Sharon, an officer in the Israel Defense Forces who fell captive during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and was held in a Syrian prison for eight long months. In his book, Sharon details the brutal treatment and interrogations that he experienced in prison. Though Sharon was tortured, though he had no idea what was happening, he held strong through the power of prayer and faith. In his heart he believed that God could save him, that there would be some way out – he never gave up. And despite four months of solitary confinement during which the only human faces he saw were those of his torturers, he held onto sanity, living for the day when he could return to his pregnant wife and young son. The book Sane in Damascus is an unforgettable documentation of determination and willpower and the ultimate display of strength against a fearful enemy. This book is dedicated to the memory of the soldiers who were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to save the State of Israel in one of the most difficult periods in her history.

• Rank: #121435 in Books
• Brand: Gefen
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East (Studies in the History of Greece and Rome)

Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East (Studies in the History of Greece and Rome)
Fergus Millar (Author), Hannah M. Cotton (Editor), Guy M. Rogers (Editor)

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This volume completes the three-volume collection of Fergus Millar's essays, which, together with his books, transformed the study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The eighteen essays presented here include Millar's classic contributions to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the eastern Mediterranean, and the extent to which Graeco-Roman culture acted as a vehicle for the self-expression of the indigenous cultures. In an epilogue written to conclude the collection, Millar argues for rethinking the focus of "ancient history" itself and for considering the Levant and the eastern Mediterranean from the first millennium B.C. to the Islamic conquests a valid scholarly framework and an appropriate educational syllabus for the study of antiquity. English translations of extended ancient passages in Greek, Latin, and Semitic languages in all the essays make Millar's most important articles accessible for the first time to specialists and nonspecialists alike.

• Rank: #530071 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-16
• Released on: 2006-08-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 5.98" w x 1.30" l, 1.73 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 552 pages

Ba'th Versus Ba'th: The Conflict Between Syria and Iraq, 1968-1989 (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East)

Ba'th Versus Ba'th: The Conflict Between Syria and Iraq, 1968-1989 (Society and Culture in the Modern Middle East)
Eberhard Kienle (Author)

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Ba'th Versus Ba'th: The Conflict Between Syria and Iraq, 1968-1989 covers the twenty year period, when the two nations were dominated by the Ba'th political party.

• Rank: #103035 in Books
• Published on: 1991-02-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

The History of Al-Tabari: The Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine (Suny Series in Near Eastern Studies)

The History of Al-Tabari: The Battle of Al-Qadisiyyah and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine (Suny Series in Near Eastern Studies)
Yohanan Friedmann (Translator)
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• Rank: #177422 in Books
• Published on: 1991-09-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.09" h x 5.91" w x .0" l, 1.60 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 262 pages

Syria

Syria
David W. Lesch (Author)

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When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad came to power upon his father's death in 2000, many in- and outside Syria held high hopes that the popular young doctor would bring long-awaited reform, that he would be a new kind of Middle East leader capable of guiding his country toward genuine democracy. David Lesch was one of those who saw this promise in Assad. A widely respected Middle East scholar and consultant, Lesch came to know the president better than anyone in the West, in part through a remarkable series of meetings with Assad between 2004 and 2009. Yet for Lesch, like millions of others, Assad was destined to disappoint. In this timely book, the author explores Assad's failed leadership, his transformation from bearer of hope to reactionary tyrant, and his regime's violent response to the uprising of his people in the wake of the Arab Spring.

Lesch charts Assad's turn toward repression and the inexorable steps toward the violence of 2011 and 2012. The book recounts the causes of the Syrian uprising, the regime's tactics to remain in power, the responses of other nations to the bloodshed, and the determined efforts of regime opponents. In a thoughtful conclusion, the author suggests scenarios that could unfold in Syria's uncertain future.

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• Published on: 2013-07-us.html
• Released on: 2013-07-us.html
• Format: Kindle eBook
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Archives of Ebla: An Empire Inscribed in Clay (Translation of Ebla: Un Impero Inciso Nell'Argilla)

Archives of Ebla: An Empire Inscribed in Clay (Translation of Ebla: Un Impero Inciso Nell'Argilla)
Giovanni Pettinato (Author)
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Frontispiece + xvi + 347 pp. with 38 illus., 8vo.

• Rank: #1189484 in Books
• Published on: 1981-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 347 pages

War in Syria: R.M.P. Preston's The Desert Mounted Corps

War in Syria: R.M.P. Preston's The Desert Mounted Corps
Paul Rich (Author, Editor, Introduction)

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During World War I, some of the most daring military excursions were carried out in the Middle East by the Desert Mountain Corps during 1917 and 1918. The Corps included substantial numbers from Australia and other parts of the then British Empire. Much of their activity was in what is now Syria. Given the later problems of the region and the current civil war in Syria, albeit today a Syria with different boundaries than then, the battles fought by the DMC have considerable interest.

• Rank: #204921 in Books
• Published on: 2013-07-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 446 pages

The History of Al-Tabari: The First Civil War (SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies)

The History of Al-Tabari: The First Civil War (SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies)
G. R. Hawting (Translator)
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This volume 17 of al-Tabari's great 40-volume history of the Arabs treats the first Civil War, 656-661. Many of the events treated in this volume have become part of the historical consciousness of Muslims. The first civil war of Islam, the Fitnah, is widely seen as of decisive importance in dividing the Muslims into three major traditions, Sunnis, Shi'is, and Kharijis, which have persisted until today. Although this division may be an over-simplification of a much more complex process of community formation, the events narrated here are certainly of great importance in the early history of Islam. The volume is focused on the struggle between the caliph 'Ali and his rival and eventual successor as caliph, Mu'awiyah, the first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. About half of the material is concerned with the confrontation between the two at the battle of Siffin in 657, the fighting, the ending of the battle when the Syrian supporters of Mu'awiyah are described as having attached Qu'ranic texts to their lances, and the subsequent negotiations between the two rivals which resulted in the dispute's being put to arbitration. Much detail is also provided about 'Ali's struggle against the Kharijis, his former supporters who had turned against him as a result of his agreement with Mu'awiyah to accept arbitration; the revolt against 'Ali in regions of Iraq and Persia around the northern edges of the Persian Gulf, which involved Christians, as well as Muslims, Arabs, and such non-Arab groups as Kurds; the events in Egypt that led to the burning of 'Ali's representative there in the skin of a donkey; and the murder of 'Ali by Ibn Muljam, the account of which sometimes reads as if it were a popular story. Al-Tabari's text makes available a wealth of detail in narratives collected from the now lost compilations of scholars of earlier generations. The bulk of the material is cited from the famous Abu Mikhnaf, who died in A.D. 774,

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• Published on: 1996-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.78" h x 5.83" w x .71" l, .90 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 278 pages

Mamluk History Through Architecture: Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt and Syria (Library of Middle East History)

Mamluk History Through Architecture: Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt and Syria (Library of Middle East History)
Nasser Rabbat (Author)

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The most enduring testament to the Mamluk Sultanate is its architecture.  Not only do Mamluk buildings embody one of the most outstanding medieval architectural traditions, Mamluk architecture is actually a key to the social history of the period.  Analyzing Mamluk constructions as a form of communication and documentation as well as a cultural index, Mamluk History Through Architecture shows how the buildings mirror the complex -- and historically unique -- military, political, social and financial structures of Mamluk society. 

With this original and authoritative study Nasser Rabbat offers an innovative approach to the history of the Mamluks -- through readings of the spectacular architecture of the period. Drawing on examples from throughout both Egypt and Syria, from the Citadel and Al-Azhar Mosque of Cairo to the Mausoleum of al-Zahir Baybars in Damascus, Rabbat demonstrates how Mamluk architecture served to reinforce visually the spirit of the counter-Crusade, when the Muslim world rebounded from the setbacks of the First Crusade. Both holistically and in case studies, Rabbat demonstrates how history is inscribed into and reflected by a culture’s artifacts. This is a groundbreaking work in the study of architecture and social history in the Middle East and beyond.

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• Published on: 2010-11-15
• Released on: 2010-11-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.57" h x 7.60" w x .98" l, 2.15 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States
Michael Haag (Author)

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From Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the rise of Templar power and the saga of their destruction.
 
Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies of the medieval world—and the chief defenders of Christian society against growing Muslim forces.
 
In The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States, Haag masterfully details the conflicts and betrayals that sent this faction of powerful knights spiraling from domination to condemnation.
 
This stirring and thoroughly researched work of historical investigation includes maps and full-color photographs of important cultural sites, many of which doubled as battlefields during the Crusades.

• Rank: #1608284 in Books
• Published on: 2013-08-13
• Released on: 2013-08-13
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant

The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant
Dana Sajdi (Author)

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This book is about a barber, Shihab al-Din Ahmad Ibn Budayr, who shaved and coiffed, and probably circumcised and healed, in Damascus in the 18th century. The barber may have been a "nobody," but he wrote a history book, a record of the events that took place in his city during his lifetime. Dana Sajdi investigates the significance of this book, and in examining the life and work of Ibn Budayr, uncovers the emergence of a larger trend of history writing by unusual authors—people outside the learned establishment—and a new phenomenon: nouveau literacy.

The Barber of Damascus offers the first full-length microhistory of an individual commoner in Ottoman and Islamic history. Contributing to Ottoman popular history, Arabic historiography, and the little-studied cultural history of the 18th century Levant, the volume also examines the reception of the barber's book a century later to explore connections between the 18th and the late 19th centuries and illuminates new paths leading to the Nahda, the Arab Renaissance.

• Rank: #817333 in Books
• Published on: 2013-10-02
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 312 pages

Lands of the Bible. A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine, with Letters of Travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece. (Elibron Classics)

Lands of the Bible. A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine, with Letters of Travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece. (Elibron Classics)
John McGarvey (Author)

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Elibron Classics. Replica of 1882 edition by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.
This is an illustrated edition.
Geographical and topological description of palestine with letters of travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor and Greece as seen in the latter part of 19th century.

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• Published on: 2013-06-23
• Released on: 2013-06-23
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920

The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920
John D. Grainger (Author)
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This book charts the continuing war between Britain and France on the one side and the Turkish Empire on the other following the British capture of Jerusalem in 1917. It outlines how the British prepared for their advance, bringing in Indian and Australian troops; how the Turks were defeated at the great Battle of Megiddo in September 1918; and how Damascus fell, the Australians and the Arab army, which had harassed the Turks in the desert, arriving almost simultaneously. It goes on to relate how the French arrived, late, to take over territory allocated to them in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1915, territory which included both Syria and Lebanon; how influenza had a severely detrimental impact on the allied advance; and how the Turks regrouped, successfully, north of Aleppo, and prevented further allied advance. The book also discusses the peace negotiations which followed the armistice, examining how nationalist aspirations were thwarted, how the French imperial grip on Syria was gradually strengthened, and how the Arab leader, Faisal, ousted from Syria, was provided with a kingdom by the British in Iraq. At a time when new turmoil in Syria is again in the headlines, this study provides exceptionally timely information on how Syria was fought over and shaped as rule over the country by the Turkish Empire was ended. John D. Grainger is the author of numerous books for a variety of publishers, including five previously published books for Boydell and Brewer, including The Battle for Palestine, 1917 and Dictionary of British Naval Battles.

• Rank: #176559 in Books
• Published on: 2013-01-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.49" h x .91" w x 6.30" l, 1.65 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 270 pages

Ibn Asakir and Early Islamic History (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, No. 20)

Ibn Asakir and Early Islamic History (Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, No. 20)
James E. Lindsay (Editor)

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Syria

• Rank: #1155710 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 157 pages