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Levant, splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean, Philip Mansel

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Levant, splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean, Philip Mansel
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-450) and index
Illustrations
platesillustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Levant
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Philip Mansel
Sub title
splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean
Table Of Contents
The vineyards of Pera -- Smyrna: the eye of Asia -- Smyrna: massacres and merriment -- Alexandria: the key to Egypt -- Alexandria: bid for empire -- Beirut: the republic of merchants -- Alexandria: khedives and consuls -- Alexandria : the British years -- Beirut: the jewel in the crown of the padishah -- Smyrna: Greeks and Turks -- Drifting cities -- Catastrophe and liberation -- Alexandria: queen of the Mediterranean -- Egyptianization -- Beirut: birth of a capital -- The Paris of the Middle East -- The dance of death -- New Levants for old
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Levant
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