CONTENTS | ||
PAGE | ||
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 |
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