Syria

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Also by Philip K. Hitti
Second Edition
HISTORY OF SYRIA
Including Lebanon and Palestine ' In this large and excellently illustrated volume the well-known author of A History of the Arabs offers a comprehensive survey of the history of Syria and Palestine from prehistoric times to the present day. . . . The book is to be warmly commended to the reader who would have a good general view of the story of this part of the world, which is Ukely still to play an important part in its history.'
—Manchester Guardian.
Sixth Edition
-STORY OF THE ARABS
From the Earliest Times to the Present ' He writes in a direct and pleasing Enghsh, in a style that will gratify the scholar by its accuracy and lucidity and the interested non-expert by its touches of humour and its width of human sympathy. . . . This learned and human book is a gift for which a large and varied public wUl be grateful. It contains twenty-one admirable maps and over half a hundred illustrations and a full and satisfying... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Also by Philip K. Hitti
Second Edition
HISTORY OF SYRIA
Including Lebanon and Palestine ' In this large and excellently illustrated volume the well-known author of A History of the Arabs offers a comprehensive survey of the history of Syria and Palestine from prehistoric times to the present day. . . . The book is to be warmly commended to the reader who would have a good general view of the story of this part of the world, which is Ukely still to play an important part in its history.'
—Manchester Guardian.
Sixth Edition
-STORY OF THE ARABS
From the Earliest Times to the Present ' He writes in a direct and pleasing Enghsh, in a style that will gratify the scholar by its accuracy and lucidity and the interested non-expert by its touches of humour and its width of human sympathy. . . . This learned and human book is a gift for which a large and varied public wUl be grateful. It contains twenty-one admirable maps and over half a hundred illustrations and a full and satisfying index.'—The Times.
Third Edition
THE ARABS
A Short History
An abridgement of History of the Arabs. ' Both the historical narrative and the background painting are informative and pleasant to read. . . . Professor Hitti has given us an instructive and readable history of the Arabs from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries.'—Glubb Pasha {Sunday Times).
LEBANON IN HISTORY
' It is doubtful if there is any man in the world who knows Lebanon and its history as well as Professor Hitti. In his pages the Lebanese chronicle unrolls with a power and fascination that no novel can equal.'—Christian Science Monitor.
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VENTS of the past few years have thrown into prominence the land of Syria and its neighbours Lebanon and Palestine. For a full understanding of the complex position of Syria with regard to other Arab states and with regard to the world situation as a whole, a knowledge of the background history of the country and its people is vital. Professor Hitti traces Syria's history from the ancient Semitic times, through the period of Greek and Roman rule, from the conquest of Alexander the Great to the rise of Islam, on to the story of Syria under the Ottoman Turks, and, finally, through its days as a French mandate to its present full independence and recent merger with Egypt into the United Arab Republic.
This authoritative book is an abridgement of Professor Hitti's History of Syria, which is now in its second edition. It is intended not so much for the scholar as for the general reader who needs the background knowledge for understanding the issues imder debate today.
The Author:
PHILIP K. HITTI is internationaUy renowned as a foremost Arabic scholar, historian and authority on the Near East. Born in Lebanon, he went to the United States in 1913, after teaching at the American University of Beirut. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1915, and served as lecturer there. He then returned to Beirut as Professor of Oriental History until he was called to Princeton in 1926, where he became Chairman of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literatures, and directed the programme in Near Eastern studies. He is now Professor Emeritus of Semitic Literature in Princeton University. Vissza