Damascus : A History (Paperback)

Introduction  1. The Emergence of Damascus: 9000-1100 BC  2. Dimashqu - Damascus from the Aramaeans to the Persians: 1000-532 BC  3. A Greater Game - Assyrians, Persians, Greeks: 732-300 BC  4. The Sowing of Hellenism - Ptolemies and Seleucids: 300-64 BC  5. Pax Romana: 64 BC-AD 30  6. Metropolis Romana: AD 30-268 7. Holding the Line: AD 269-610  8. 'Farewell, Oh Syria': 611-750  9. The Umayyads: 661-750  10. Decline, Confusion and Irrelevance: 750-1008  11. Islam Resurgent: 1098-1174  12. Saladin and the Ayyubids: 1174-1250  13. Mamluks: 1260-1515  14. The Ottoman Centuries: 1516-1840  15. Reform and Reaction: 1840-1918  Epilogue  Appendices  Glossary of Terms and Names  Maps of City and Environs  Bibliography  Index