10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE LEVANT»
Discover the use of
the Levant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Levant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean
Chronicles the history of three major cities in the Levant region--Smyrna, Alexandria, and Beirut--from its golden age in the sixteenth century when different cultures and religions lived together to the present day.
2
The Knights Hospitaller in
the Levant, C.1070-1309
Themes in the book relate to the tension that always existed between the Hospital's roles as both a hospitaller and a military order and its performance as an institution that was at the same time a religious order and a great international ...
3
The Papacy and
the Levant, 1204-1571
Kenneth Meyer Setton. Poles must elect Henry and not an enemy of the Turks, "
unless they wished to make trial of the awful power and mighty empire of his
Signore, but if they elected the Frenchman, he promised them unending peace [
pace ...
Kenneth Meyer Setton, 1984
A travel through the Holy Land, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Aegean Islands; with many illustrations.
Charles Dudley Warner, 2002
5
Struggle in
the Levant: Lebanon in
the 1950s
Many questions have gone unanswered until now. Attie's book, useful to all students of the modern Middle East, sheds penetrating light into these shadowy regions of Lebanese history.
Caroline Attie, Centre for Lebanese Studies (Great Britain), 2004
6
A History of
the Levant Company
First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
7
The Republic of Letters And
the Levant
This collection of articles analyses the interests and experiences in the Levant of a number of leading western scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with an emphasis on the networks of learned friends throughout Europe with ...
Alastair Hamilton, Maurits H. Van Den Boogert, Bart Westerweel, 2005
8
Use and Appreciation of Mycenaean Pottery in
the Levant, ...
Annotation Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.
Gert Jan van Wijngaarden, 2002
9
Protestant Missionaries in
the Levant: Ungodly Puritans, ...
Through focusing on the unintended by-products of New England Puritanism as a cultural transplant in the Levant, this book explores the socio-historical forces which account for the failure of early envoys’ attempts to convert the ...
10
Early Voyages and Travels in
the Levant
This 1893 volume contains the vivid diaries of two very different English visitors to Turkey in 1600 and the 1670s.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE LEVANT»
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the Levant is used in the context of the following news items.
Scientists discover the earliest known evidence of plant cultivation in …
A team of archaeologists, botanists and ecologists have now discovered the earliest known evidence of plant cultivation in the Levant – the region consisting of ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
The New England Journal of Medicine publishes LEVANT 2 results …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR) today announced the publication of results from the LEVANT 2 study in the June 24, 2015 ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
Five key moments in Isil's year of terror
In the year since it seized Mosul city in Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) expansion has been swift and dramatic. The jihadists now control territory ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Modern human dispersal into Europe came from the Levant
Using several independent lines of evidence in a novel approach, they could show that modern humans carrying a UP toolkit occupied the Levant at least ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
New Dates Suggest First Europeans Traveled Through the Levant
Shells Levant Migration LEIPZIG, GERMANY—An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ... «Archaeology, Jun 15»
Heat and haboobs in northeast Africa and the Levant
Temperatures soared across northeast Africa, the Levant and beyond on Wednesday before wind and sandstorms drove people indoors. Unlucky pedestrians ... «Aljazeera.com, May 15»
Sea-Farers from the Levant: Do Ancient Inscriptions Rewrite History …
Visually, the satellite photographs (Found in “Sea-Farers from the Levant - Part 1”) show the inscriptions have a wide variation in character type and style which, ... «Ancient Origins, May 15»
UAE aid airlift to Syrian refugees
Wind speeds will exceed 110kph as the storm moves from Turkey through Syria to Jordan. The storm, called Huda, will be the harshest in the Levant this winter, ... «The National, Jan 15»
The Jewish State in Israel and the Levant
The leaders of the world's most powerful countries use the term "terrorism" to disparage any violence they themselves don't commit or condone, explains Ben ... «Socialist Worker Online, Oct 14»
Activists Start Calling Israel #JSIL -the Jewish State of Israel in the …
Pro-Palestine activists have begun 're-naming' Israel as the Jewish State of Israel in the Levant, or JSIL, in an obvious satirical allusion to the neighboring ... «Global Voices Online, Oct 14»
