The Levant
Subtitle: a fractured mosaic
By: William W. Harris.
Edition: 3rd ed. (ubdated and expanded)
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers; Markus Wiener
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781558764507; 9781558764514
Subjects: Middle East -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: The strategic geography; title: Of the Levant; title: Vulnerable frontiers; title: Strategic pivot; title: Internal fragmentation; title: Population growth, limited resources, compressed space; title: Panorama : from the Romans to the Ottomans; title: Rome, Islam, and Byzantium; title: The Roman Levant; title: Umayyads and 'Abbasids; title: The Byzantine-Fatimid standoff; title: Seljuk Turkish intervention; title: Conclusion; title: Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans; title: Crusaders and Muslims; title: Mamluk supremacy; title: The Ottoman Levant.