Aleppo: A History

by Ross Burns

Aleppo is one of the longest-surviving cities of the ancient and Islamic Middle East. Until recently it enjoyed a thriving urban life--in particular an active traditional suq, whose origins can be traced across many centuries. Its tangle of streets still follow the Hellenistic grid and above it looms the great Citadel, which contains recently-uncovered remains of a Bronze/Iron Age temple complex, suggesting an even earlier role as a 'high place'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415737214
• ISBN13: 9780415737210
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"