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Author Erskine

Title Vanished Cities Of Arabia
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (405 pages)
Contents Cover; THE VANISHED CITIES OF ARABIA; Copyright; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I SUNRISE; CHAPTER II PETRA; CHAPTER III THE NABATÆAN CITY; CHAPTER IV THE KHAZNE FUR'UN; CHAPTER V PRE-ROMAN PETRA; CHAPTER VI ROMAN PETRA; CHAPTER VII THE CRUSADERS' CASTLE; CHAPTER VIII KERAK; CHAPTER IX A FEUDAL CASTLE; CHAPTER X KERAK BESIEGED; CHAPTER XI THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN; CHAPTER XII AROER AND MACHÆRUS; CHAPTER XIII THE DESERT; CHAPTER XIV MADEBA; CHAPTER XV RABBOTH AMMON; CHAPTER XVI PHILADELPHIA; CHAPTER XVII THE DECAPOLIS; CHAPTER XVIII THE CITADEL; CHAPTER XIX PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS II AND THE GREEK THEATRE
Chapter xx the nabatæans againchapter xxi jerash; chapter xxii the story of gerasa; chapter xxiii the temple of artemis; chapter xxiv the theatre; chapter xxv the silver age; chapter xxvi the neo·platonists; chapter xxvii arab geographers and christian pilgrims; chapter xxviii sunset
Summary First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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Subject Extinct cities.
Cities and towns -- Arabian Peninsula
Cities and towns -- Palestine
TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
Cities and towns
Extinct cities
SUBJECT Petra (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100338
Qīr Mōav (Jordan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001050702
Gerasa (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054285
Subject Arabian Peninsula
Jordan -- Gerasa (Extinct city)
Jordan -- Petra (Extinct city)
Jordan -- Qīr Mōav
Middle East -- Palestine
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136205484
1136205489