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Jerusalem: the biography

Jerusalem: the biography
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ISBN 1780220251 (pbk.)
9781780220253 (pbk.)
Author Sebag Montefiore, Simon 1965-
Title Jerusalem : the biography / Simon Sebag Montefiore
Publisher London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012
Physical desc. xliv, 720 p, [32] p. of plates ; ill. (some col.), maps, geneal. tables ; 20 cm.
Note Paperback edition; first published in 2011.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. [651]-681) and index.
Contents Prologue -- Pt. 1: Judaism. The world of David -- The rise of David -- The kingdom and the temple -- The kings of Judah -- The Whore of Babylon -- The Persians -- The Macedonians -- The Maccabees -- The Romans arrive -- The Herods -- Jesus Christ -- The last of the Herods -- Jewish wars: the death of Jerusalem -- Pt. 2: Paganism. Aelia Capitolina -- Pt. 3: Christianity. The apogee of Byzantium -- Sunset of the Byzantines: Persian invasion -- Pt. 4: Islam. The Arab conquest -- The Umayyads: the temple restored -- The Abbasids: distant masters -- The Fatimids: tolerance and lunacy -- Pt. 5: Crusade. The slaughter -- The rise of Outremer -- The golden age of Outremer -- Stalemate -- The leper-king -- Saladin -- The Third Crusade: Saladin and Richard -- The Saladin dynasty -- Pt. 6: Mamluk. Slave to sultan -- Decline of the Mamluks -- Pt. 7: Ottoman. The magnificence of Suleiman -- Mystics and messiahs -- The families -- Pt. 8: Empire. Napoleon in the Holy Land -- The new romantics: Chateaubriand and Disraeli -- The Albanian conquest -- The evangelists -- The new city -- The new religion -- Arab city, imperial city -- Russians -- Pt. 9: Zionism. The Kaiser -- The oud-player of Jerusalem -- World war -- Arab revolt, Balfour Declaration -- The Christmas present -- The victors and the spoils -- The British mandate -- The Arab revolt -- The dirty war -- Jewish independence, Arab catastrophe -- Divided -- Six days -- Epilogue.
Subject Jerusalem -- History
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