CONTENTS
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PAGE
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| PREFACE
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V
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| PLACE IN HISTORY
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1
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| THE LAND AND CLIMATE
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5
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| PREHISTORIC ERAS
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22
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| THE ANCIENT SEMITES
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31
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| THE HELLENISTIC AGE
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54
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| ROMANS AND SEMITES
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72
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| BYZANTINES AND ARABS
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96
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| MOSLEM CONQUEST
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108
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| THE GLORY THAT WAS DAMASCUS
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119
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| LIFE UNDER THE UMAYYADS
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138
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| ABBASID PROVINCE
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150
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| PETTY DYNASTIES
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160
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| UNDER FATIMIDS AND SELJUKS
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168
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| THE CRUSADES
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176
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| AYYUBIDS AND MAMLUKS
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200
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| TURKISH PROVINCE
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213
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| INTELLECTUAL AND NATIONALIST STIRRINGS
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228
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| WAR, OPPRESSION AND PESTILENCE
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237
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| UNDER THE FRENCH MANDATE
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242
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| INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC
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250
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| INDEX
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259
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