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Palmyra : a history / Michael Sommer ; translated by Diana Sommer-Theohari.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cities of the ancient worldPublisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: vii, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415720021 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: PalmyraDDC classification:
  • 939.432 SOM 23 012264
Contents:
Avenues to Palmyra -- Palmyra before the Palmyrenes -- From Akkad to Antioch: Syria, the great powers and the rise of a world-system -- Privata sorte inter duo imperia: Palmyra between Rome and Parthia -- In the wake of the empire -- Palmyra's war and peace -- Claiming the empire -- Palmyra: aspects, perspectives -- Palmyra after the Palmyrenes -- The end of civilization: Palmyra's second downfall in the Syrian Civil War.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 939.432 SOM 012264 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 012264

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and and index.

Avenues to Palmyra -- Palmyra before the Palmyrenes -- From Akkad to Antioch: Syria, the great powers and the rise of a world-system -- Privata sorte inter duo imperia: Palmyra between Rome and Parthia -- In the wake of the empire -- Palmyra's war and peace -- Claiming the empire -- Palmyra: aspects, perspectives -- Palmyra after the Palmyrenes -- The end of civilization: Palmyra's second downfall in the Syrian Civil War.

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