Lebanon a history, 600-2011

The book explores the affairs of Mount Lebanon and its surrounds through fourteen centuries, beginning with the emergence of its Christian, Muslim and Islamic-derived communities between the sixth and eleventh centuries. Against this backdrop, it interprets the modern republic of Lebanon from Ottoma...

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Main Author: Harris, William W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2012
Series:Studies in Middle Eastern history (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foundations
  • Emerging communities, 600-1291
  • Druze ascent, 1291-1633
  • Mountain lords, 1633-1842
  • Modern Lebanon
  • Emerging Lebanon, 1842-1943
  • Independent Lebanon, 1943-1975
  • Broken Lebanon, 1975-2011