Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor.

Printed: 1837

Publisher: Fisher Son & Co. London

Dimensions 22 × 28 × 2 cm
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Language: English

Size (cminches): 22 x 28 x 2

Condition: Very good  (See explanation of ratings)

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Red calf binding with gilt title on the spine. Embossed gilt decoration on the boards. All edges gilt.

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A rare single volume based upon the 1st edition hardback. Very Good large octavo 76 + (80)pp., engravings, With 36 steel engraved views after William H. Bartlett and William Purser and others & an engraved half-title page. 

A most interesting book displaying Syria as an Ottoman Empire province.

It is often forgotten (or ignored) that archaeologists have demonstrated that civilization in Syria was one of the most ancient on earth. Syria is part of the Fertile Crescent, and since approximately 10,000 BCE it was one of the centers of Neolithic culture (PPNA) where agriculture and cattle breeding appeared for the first time in the world. The Neolithic period (PPNB) is represented by rectangular houses of the Mureybet culture. In the early Neolithic period, people used vessels made of stone, gyps and burnt lime. Finds of obsidian tools from Anatolia are evidence of early trade relations. The cities of Hamoukar and Emar flourished during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age.

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Some foxing

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