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| PREFACE | V | |
| PLACE IN HISTORY | 1 | |
| THE LAND AND CLIMATE | 5 | |
| PREHISTORIC ERAS | 22 | |
| THE ANCIENT SEMITES | 31 | |
| THE HELLENISTIC AGE | 54 | |
| ROMANS AND SEMITES | 72 | |
| BYZANTINES AND ARABS | 96 | |
| MOSLEM CONQUEST | 108 | |
| THE GLORY THAT WAS DAMASCUS | 119 | |
| LIFE UNDER THE UMAYYADS | 138 | |
| ABBASID PROVINCE | 150 | |
| PETTY DYNASTIES | 160 | |
| UNDER FATIMIDS AND SELJUKS | 168 | |
| THE CRUSADES | 176 | |
| AYYUBIDS AND MAMLUKS | 200 | |
| TURKISH PROVINCE | 213 | |
| INTELLECTUAL AND NATIONALIST STIRRINGS | 228 | |
| WAR, OPPRESSION AND PESTILENCE | 237 | |
| UNDER THE FRENCH MANDATE | 242 | |
| INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC | 250 | |
| INDEX | 259 | |
