ISBN:
9780857729248 (e-book)
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 250 pages; 8 Pages of plates :
,
illustrations, maps.
Year of publication:
2016
Abstract:
The first half is a history of Aleppo, its social classes and their conflicts, its legacy of tolerance, and its mixed population of Muslims, Christians, and Jews; Arabs, Turks, and Westerners, until the recent civil war. The second half is excerpts from the writings of fifteen Western travelers or inhabitants.--
Description / Table of Contents:
Part 1. A history -- Part 2. Through travellers' eyes