Near Eastern Cities From Alexander to the Successors of Muhammad

List of contents

List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; 2: Urban Planning and Structures in the Near East; 3: The Tetrapolis (Antioch and Apamea); 4: The Decapolis: Gerasa and Scythopolis; 5: Judea and Palestine (Jerusalem and Caesarea); 6: The Desert Fringe: Petra and Palmyra; 7: Conclusion; Glossary; Index

About the author

Walter D. Ward received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, in 2008 with a concentration on Roman and late antique history. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. He is the author of Mirage of the Saracen: Christians and Nomads in the Sinai Peninsula in Late Antiquity (2014) and editor of two books, The Socio-economic History and Material Culture of the Roman and Byzantine Near East: Essays in Honor of S. Thomas Parker (2017) and Sources of World Societies (with D. Gainty, 2009 and 2011).

Summary

Near Eastern Cities from Alexander to the Successors of Muhammad compares the evolution of several cities in the Near East from the time of Alexander the Great until the beginning of the Islamic 'Abbasid Dynasty.

Additional text

"The book, rich in illustrations and imparting good histories over a vast period, is a useful resource for non-specialists or students initiating research. Various aspects benefit specialists too."
-Nathanael Andrade, sehepunkte

Product details

• Authors: Walter D. Ward, Ward Walter D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781138185708
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18570-8
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East; Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Urban communities, Byzantine Empire