Aleppo The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City

Revised and updated.A poignant testament to the city shattered by Syria's civil war.Aleppo lies in ruins, a casualty of Syria's brutal civil war. Its streets are cloaked in darkness, its population scattered, its memories ravaged. But this was once a vibrant world city, where Muslims, Christians and Jews lived and traded together in peace. Few places are as ancient and diverse. At the crossroads of global trade, Aleppo drew merchants from Venice, Isfahan and Agra to the largest souq in the Middle East and it was from here that some of the world's most enduring food, music and culture sprang.

Info autore

Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians of France and the Ottoman Empire. His first book, Louis XVIII, together with subsequent works such as Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852, established him as an authority on the later French monarchy. He currently lives in London, and is editor of The Court Historian, the journal of the Society for Court Studies (www.courtstudies.org).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mansel Philip, Philip Mansel
• Editore: Tauris, I.B.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2018
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781784538477
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-847-7
• Numero di pagine: 258
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm
• Categorie: HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Social History, Syria, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Islamic Studies, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Colonialism and imperialism, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities