Syria, history, History, Social life and customs, Islamic studies
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.--
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Earnest, grave, cool and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Philip Mansel
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, I.B. Tauris
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781784538477
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