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Syria, a short history; being a condensation of the authors̓ "History of Syria, including Lebanon and Palestine."

Author: Philip Khuri Hitti
Publisher: New York, Macmillan, 1959.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Hitti, Philip Khuri, 1886-1978.
Syria, a short history.
New York, Macmillan, 1959
(OCoLC)581630866
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Philip Khuri Hitti
OCLC Number: 788791
Description: 270 p. illus. 22 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Place in history --
The land and climate --
Prehistoric eras --
The ancient Semites --
The Hellenistic age --
Romans and Semites --
Byzantines and Arabs --
Moslem conquest --
The glory that was Damascus --
Life under the Umayyads --
Abbasid province --
Petty dynasties --
Under Fatimids and Seljuks --
The crusades --
Ayyubids and Mamluks --
Turkish province --
Intellectual and nationalist stirrings --
War, oppression and pestilence --
Under the French mandate --
Independent republic.

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