Columbia subject headings:
Cities and towns--Middle East--History.
Middle East--History--1517-
Urbanization--Middle East--History.
Harvard subject headings:
Cities and towns--Middle East--History.
Cities and towns--Syria.
Middle East--History--1517-
Syria--History--1516-1918.
Urbanization--Middle East--History.
Princeton subject headings:
Cities and towns--Middle East--History.
Middle East--History--1517-
Urbanization--Middle East--History.