Ross Burns is the author of Monuments of Syria (I.B.Tauris, 1992, 1999 and 2009). He has also published histories of Aleppo and Damascus as well as a study of how colonnaded axes transformed the structure of the cities of the Roman East. He continues to work actively on the archaeology of the region including to collaborate on international projects to assess the extent of damage to Syria's monuments and is currently heading an Oxford-based project on the fate of Roman temples in later periods, notably Byzantine. His website is at: www.monumentsofsyria.com.
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List of illustrations Author's preface Map of Syria 1. Bronze Age palace cultures c3000 1100 BC 2. Iron Age, a new melting pot 1000 800 BC 3. Between Persians and Phoenicians c1000 333 BC 4. After Alexander 333 64 BC 5. Pax Romana 64 BC AD 117 6. Hadrian and the High Empire 117 313 7. Christianity Triumphant 313 636 8. Umayyads and 'Abbasids 661 950 9. Arabs and Turks 950 1100 10. Pushing back the Crusaders 1100 1260 11. Mamluks 1260 1516 12. Early Ottoman centuries 1516 1800 13. Late Ottoman centuries 1800 1918 14. Afterword Reading List and Quotation Sources Glossary, Abbreviations, Map Conventions Index
List of illustrations Author's preface Map of Syria 1. Bronze Age palace cultures c3000 1100 BC 2. Iron Age, a new melting pot 1000 800 BC 3. Between Persians and Phoenicians c1000 333 BC 4. After Alexander 333 64 BC 5. Pax Romana 64 BC AD 117 6. Hadrian and the High Empire 117 313 7. Christianity Triumphant 313 636 8. Umayyads and 'Abbasids 661 950 9. Arabs and Turks 950 1100 10. Pushing back the Crusaders 1100 1260 11. Mamluks 1260 1516 12. Early Ottoman centuries 1516 1800 13. Late Ottoman centuries 1800 1918 14. Afterword Reading List and Quotation Sources Glossary, Abbreviations, Map Conventions Index
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