Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 1576079198
- ISBN-13
- 9781576079195
- Category
- Reference
- Pages
- 439
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Michael Dumper
Description
The first work to offer 5,000 years of authoritative historical coverage of ancient and modern cities in the Middle East and North Africa—from their founding to the present—highlighting each city's cultural, social, political, and economic significance. * Coverage of 100 ancient and modern cities in the Middle East and North Africa * 19 academic contributors from this region as well as from Europe and the United States * Annotated timeline locating cities within their historical and imperial contexts * 44 illustrations including the Venetian fortifications of Nicosia, the ziggurat in Ur, and the Silk Market in Cairo * 8 maps including an overview map of all the cities listed in the book and sub-regional maps to clarify their location
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