Understanding Syria Through 40 Monuments
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| Author | : Ross Burns |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2024-06-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0755645294 |
How can a nation's archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria's? Ross Burns chooses 40 among Syria's outstanding range of sites, accompanied by over 200 colour illustrations, to take the reader through the tangled paths of this crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean where numerous world cultures intersected. Given the last 12 years of savage conflict, the author reports too on the plight of many of these monuments, addressing the common but unhelpful assumption that much of the country's archaeological treasures have been 'destroyed'. A better approach is to recognise that Syria's heritage can play a role in the country's recovery and cannot simply be declared a write-off. This is a history which tells us much about how Syria's mixture of traditions defy simplistic categorisation through modern definitions of cultures and identities.
| Author | : Ross Burns |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2024-06-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0755645308 |
How can a nation's archaeological treasures help explain its history, especially one as richly complex as Syria's? Ross Burns chooses 40 among Syria's outstanding range of sites, accompanied by over 200 colour illustrations, to take the reader through the tangled paths of this crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean where numerous world cultures intersected. Given the last 12 years of savage conflict, the author reports too on the plight of many of these monuments, addressing the common but unhelpful assumption that much of the country's archaeological treasures have been 'destroyed'. A better approach is to recognise that Syria's heritage can play a role in the country's recovery and cannot simply be declared a write-off. This is a history which tells us much about how Syria's mixture of traditions defy simplistic categorisation through modern definitions of cultures and identities.
| Author | : Michael Greenhalgh |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 540 |
| Release | : 2016-11-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004334602 |
Syria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction analyses travellers’ accounts of the Roman, Christian and Islamic monuments of Syria (including Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine/Israel). An epilogue assesses the impact of the recent civil war on the state of the monuments, and their likely future.
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| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 1999 |
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| Author | : Ross Burns |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2009-06-30 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0857714899 |
This is a guidebook to Syria's historical and archeological treasures. It is a new, revised and expanded edition in a travel-friendly format. Syria is home to some of the world's richest historical and archaeological remains dating from the Bronze Age through biblical and Byzantine times to the early Islamic and Ottoman periods. Yet even in an age of mass tourism these magnificent monuments are little known and rarely visited - in other words, ripe for discovery by independent-minded and adventurous travellers."The Monuments of Syria" is organised as a gazetteer of all Syria's historical sites, with complementary sections on history and architectural influences and comprehensive chronologies and glossaries. This fully revised edition includes the latest information about site visits and the layout of museums, extensive and detailed itineraries for further travel and a new 24-page colour section.
| Author | : Ross Burns |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Damascus (Syria) |
| ISBN | : 9781850434689 |
Syria is home to some of the world's richest historical and archaeological remains - stretching from the Bronze Age through Byzantine times to the Ottoman period. However, until now they have been little known and rarely visited, even in an age of mass tourism. Only a handful of sites are familiar from travel literature: the Roman desert caravan city of Palmyra, the mighty Crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers and the great Ummayad Mosque of Damascus.
| Author | : Charles Glass |
| Publisher | : Verso Books |
| Total Pages | : 119 |
| Release | : 2016-03-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1784785180 |
What are the origins of the Syrian crisis, and why did no one do anything to stop it? Since the upsurge of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Syrian civil war has claimed in excess of 200,000 lives, with an estimated 8 million Syrians, more than a third of the country’s population, forced to flee their homes. Militant Sunni groups, such as ISIS, have taken control of large swathes of the nation. The impact of this catastrophe is now being felt on the streets of Europe and the United States. Veteran Middle East expert Charles Glass combines reportage, analysis, and history to provide an accessible overview of the origins and permutations defining the conflict. He also gives a powerful argument for why the West has failed to get to grips with the consequences of the crisis.
| Author | : Claude Reignier Conder |
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| Total Pages | : 508 |
| Release | : 1887 |
| Genre | : Ethnology |
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| Author | : Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 1898 |
| Genre | : Bible |
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| Author | : Hermann-Vollrat von Hilprecht |
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| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 1896 |
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