{"product_id":"syrias-monuments-their-survival-and-destruction-9789004329577","title":"Syria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSyria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine\/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. It examines travellers’ accounts, mainly from the 17th to 19th centuries, which describe religious buildings and housing in numbers and quality unknown elsewhere. The book charts the reasons why monuments lived or died, varying from earthquakes and desertification to neglect and re-use, and sets the political and social context for the Empire’s transformation toward a modern state, provoked by Western trade and example. An epilogue assesses the impact of the recent civil war on the state of the monuments, and strategies for their resurrection, with plentiful references and web links.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Introduction      The Extent of Syri      Mapping Syria      The Syria of Yesterday 1 The State of Syria in Recent Centuries      Governance      Earthquakes and Disease      Trade      Circassians and Other Settlers amongst the Monuments      Nomadic Arabs      Agriculture and Desertification      Conclusion: Impact of Ottoman Decline on Antiquities 2 Travel throughout Syria      Where to Go and How to Get There      Languages, Dress and Descriptions      Scholars in the East      The Bible as a Guidebook      Changing Horizons Meet the Unchanging East      Biblical Monuments “Identified”      Other Guidebooks: Baedeker, Cook \u0026amp; Murray      Confected Guidebooks: An Example      Travel then Tourism: The Agony and the Ecstasy      Taxes and Robbery      Profiteering Sheikhs      Haram\/Forbidden: Access to Muslim Sites      Architectural Quality: Is Syria Worth Visiting?      One-upmanship and Verbal Wars in Travel Narratives      Modernisation Changes Travelling in the Unchanging East      Conclusion 3 The Life and Death of Monuments      Superstitions and Monuments      Treasure-hunting and Locals’ Knowledge of the Past      Vandalism      Roads Milestones Bridges      Railways      Aqueducts      Temples      Degradation      Locals and Antiquities      Columns as Structural Tie-bars      Mosaics and Veneers      Quarries and Marble      Re-use      Ancient Towns and Villages and Their Houses 4 The Seabord: Harbours and Ports North to South 5 Aleppo and the North 238 6 Damascus and the Centre 262 7 Bosra and the South 287 8 West of the River Jordan 319 9 East of the River Jordan 331 10 Fortresses Roman, Muslim and Crusader 356 11 Mayhem: Archaeology, Museums and Mandates 379      Archaeology      Digging in Palestine      Filling Western Museums      The First World War and the French \u0026amp; British Mandates Conclusion  Epilogue: The Monuments of Syria in 2016      Syria: Timelines      History of Archaeology and Travel in Syria      Recent Political\/Military Developments in the Region, and Their Sources      Websites Detailing Syria’s Monuments      Damaged Sites, Monuments and Museums      Photographic Evidence of Destruction in Syria      Guides\/Surveys of Monuments and Regions      Computer Reconstructions      Conclusion: Warning about “Restoration”  Appendix: Brief Biographies of Traveller-Scholars  Bibliography Index Illustrations","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210693042519,"sku":"9789004329577","price":183.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/syrias-monuments-their-survival-and-destruction-9789004329577","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}