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Levant : A Fractured Mosaic by William Harris (2002, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiener Publishers, Incorporated, Markus

ISBN-101558762655

ISBN-139781558762657

eBay Product ID (ePID)1883768

Product Key Features

Book TitleLevant : a Fractured Mosaic

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicMiddle East / General

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorWilliam Harris

Book SeriesPrinceton Series on the Middle East

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight10.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-069007

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal956

SynopsisAt the outset of the 21st century, perhaps the most interesting feature of the Levant (in Arabic, Bilad al-Sham), in the midst of an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab world, is the command of the entire coastal zone from Cilicia south to Sinai either by non-Arabs or by Arabs who are not Sunni Muslims. This reality overshadows the Levantine interior. In the central Levant the mountain has come to town with the Alawi political ascendance in Damascus in the south, Israeli military and economic power dominates the Palestinians and Jordanians. The transformation in less than a century is remarkable. The revolutionary alteration in the affairs of the Levant through the 20th century has obviously caused great tension. The character and viability of all of the new states created in Bilad al-Sham since 1920 is in continuous flux; national, ethnic, and sectarian frictions have shaped the contemporary geopolitics of the region. These frictions play themselves out in a setting characterized by limited space, rising population pressure, resource shortages, and international strategic interest. In the north, the Arabs face the Turks, who command the main water source. In the center, Lebanon and S

LC Classification NumberDS62.H37 2002