Middle East and Africa: International Dictionary of Historic PlacesTrudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger Routledge, 5.3.2014 - 786 sivua This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. The geographically organized volumes include: * Volume 1: The Americas * [1-884964-00-1] * Volume 2: Northern Europe * [1-884964-01-X] * Volume 3: Southern Europe * [1-884964-02-8] * Volume 4: Middle East & Africa * [1-884964-03-6] * Volume 5: Asia & Oceania * [1-884964-04-4] |
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Abomey Benin | 5 |
Abu Mina Egypt | 11 |
Abu Simbel Egypt | 16 |
Acre Israel | 20 |
Ai West Bank | 24 |
Akhetaton Egypt | 27 |
Aksum Ethiopia | 32 |
Al Qala of Beni Ḥammād Algeria | 36 |
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Israel | 372 |
Mount of Olives Israel | 375 |
Temple Mount Israel | 379 |
Johannesburg South Africa | 383 |
Kairouan Tunisia | 388 |
Kampala Uganda | 392 |
Kano Nigeria | 396 |
Karbala Iraq | 400 |
AlAlamein Egypt | 40 |
Aleppo Syria | 44 |
Alexandria Egypt | 49 |
Algiers Algeria | 54 |
AlJem Tunisia | 60 |
Amman Jordan | 63 |
Amrit Syria | 66 |
An Najaf Iraq | 69 |
Aqaba Jordan | 72 |
Aseb Eritrea | 76 |
Ashdod Israel | 81 |
Ashqelon Israel | 85 |
Assur Iraq | 89 |
Awash River Lower Valley Ethiopia | 93 |
Baalbek Lebanon | 97 |
Babylon Iraq | 101 |
Bafut Cameroon | 106 |
BagamoyoTanzania | 111 |
Baghdad Iraq | 116 |
Behistun Iran | 120 |
Beni Hasan Egypt | 123 |
Benin City Nigeria | 125 |
Bet Shean Israel | 129 |
Bethlehem West Bank | 133 |
Bubastis Egypt | 137 |
Busra Syria | 141 |
Byblos Lebanon | 145 |
Caesarea Israel | 149 |
Cairo Egypt | 154 |
Cape Coast Ghana | 161 |
Cape Town South Africa | 165 |
Capernaum Israel | 170 |
Carchemish Turkey | 173 |
Carthage Tunisia | 177 |
Cherchell Algeria | 182 |
Choghā Zanbīl Iran | 186 |
Constantine Algeria | 188 |
Ctesiphon Iraq | 190 |
Cyrene Libya | 194 |
Dahshûr Egypt | 199 |
Damascus Syria | 204 |
Dāmghān Iran | 210 |
Dan Israel | 214 |
Deir alBahri Egypt | 217 |
Dendera Egypt | 221 |
Djémila Algeria | 225 |
Djenné Mali | 228 |
Dor Israel | 232 |
Dunqulah Sudan | 237 |
DuraEuropus Syria | 242 |
Ebla Syria | 246 |
Echmiadzin Armenia | 250 |
Elmina Ghana | 254 |
Engaruka Tanzania | 258 |
Engedi Israel | 262 |
Eşfahān Iran | 266 |
Fashoda Sudan | 271 |
Fes Morocco | 275 |
Freetown Sierra Leone | 279 |
Gadara Jordan | 284 |
Gaza Gaza Strip | 287 |
Ghadames Libya | 291 |
Giza Egypt | 295 |
Gonder Ethiopia | 298 |
Goreé Island Senegal | 303 |
Great Zimbabwe Zimbabwe | 307 |
Haïdra Tunisia | 312 |
Hama Syria | 315 |
Hamadān Iran | 319 |
Harer Ethiopia | 322 |
Hatra Iraq | 327 |
Hazor Israel | 332 |
Hebron West Bank | 336 |
Hermonthis Egypt | 340 |
Hierakonpolis Egypt | 344 |
Ife Nigeria | 350 |
Ingombe Ilede Zambia | 354 |
Isandhlwana South Africa | 358 |
Jerash Jordan | 363 |
Jericho West Bank | 367 |
Kamak Egypt | 404 |
Kerma Sudan | 408 |
Kermān Iran | 413 |
Khami Ruins Zimbabwe | 416 |
Khartoum Sudan | 420 |
Khirbat Qumran West Bank | 423 |
Kilwa Tanzania | 427 |
Kimberley South Africa | 431 |
Kish Iraq | 435 |
Krak des Chevaliers Syria | 439 |
Lalibela Ethiopia | 444 |
Lambessa Algeria | 448 |
Latakia Syria | 451 |
Le Kef Tunisia | 456 |
Leptis Magna Libya | 460 |
Lixus Morocco | 464 |
Marrakech Morocco | 467 |
Masada Israel | 474 |
Mashhad Iran | 479 |
Mecca Saudi Arabia | 483 |
Medina Saudi Arabia | 487 |
Medinet Habu Egypt | 491 |
Megiddo Israel | 496 |
Memphis Egypt | 500 |
Meroë Sudan | 503 |
Meydum Egypt | 508 |
Mombasa Kenya | 512 |
Monrovia Liberia | 517 |
Mosul Iraq | 522 |
Mount Hermori Lebanon | 526 |
Muscat Oman | 529 |
MZab Valley Algeria | 533 |
Nazareth Israel | 537 |
Nimrud Iraq | 542 |
Nineveh Iraq | 546 |
Omo River Lower Valley Ethiopia | 551 |
Oran Algeria | 556 |
Ouidah Benin | 561 |
Palmyra Syria | 565 |
Pasargadae Iran | 570 |
Persepolis Iran | 574 |
Petra Jordan | 578 |
Pietermaritzburg South Africa | 582 |
PortoNovo Benin | 588 |
Pretoria South Africa | 592 |
Qasr Amrah Jordan | 597 |
Qom Iran | 600 |
Rabat Morocco | 603 |
Ramla Israel | 608 |
Sabrata Libya | 611 |
Salé Morocco | 615 |
Samaria West Bank | 619 |
Samarra Iraq | 623 |
Sana Yemen | 628 |
Saqqara Egypt | 632 |
Seleucia Iraq | 636 |
Sfax Tunisia | 640 |
Shīrāz Iran | 644 |
Sousse Tunisia | 649 |
Suez Canal Egypt | 653 |
Susa Iran | 657 |
Tadrart Acacus Libya | 661 |
Tangier Morocco | 665 |
Tel AvivJaffa Israel | 670 |
Thamugadi Algeria | 674 |
Thebes Egypt | 678 |
Thugga Tunisia | 683 |
Tiberias Israel | 688 |
Timbuktu Mali | 692 |
Tipasa Algeria | 697 |
Tlemcen Algeria | 700 |
Tripoli Lebanon | 704 |
Tunis Tunisia | 708 |
Tyre Lebanon | 711 |
Ur Iraq | 715 |
Yazd Iran | 720 |
Zanzibar Tanzania | 723 |
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Notes on Contributors | 763 |
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Abeokuta Abomey Africa Akhenaton ancient Arab archaeological archaeologists architecture army Ashqelon Assyrian Baghdad battle became began Berber British building built Byzantine caliph Cape capital century B.C. Christian church city’s coast colony con conquered conquest constructed Crusaders Ctesiphon culture Damascus decorated desert dynasty early east Egypt Egyptian emperor empire Ethiopia European excavations French Further Reading Greek Hazor important inscriptions Iran Iraq Islamic Israel Jerusalem Jewish Kairouan king kingdom known Latakia later Location London Mamluk Marrakech Mesopotamia meters miles military modem monuments Mosque Mosul Museum Muslim Nabataean Nile Ottoman Ouidah palace Palestine Parthian period Persian pharaoh Phoenicians Photo courtesy port Porto-Novo Portuguese prosperity province pyramid Ramses II region reign religious remains River Roman royal ruins rule ruler Seleucid settlement Shi’ite slaves stone structure sultan Syria temple tion tomb Tourist town trade tribes Umayyad walls York Zimbabwe