Portland Public Library

Levant, splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean, Philip Mansel

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-450) and index

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Philip Mansel

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

The vineyards of Pera -- Smyrna : the eye of Asia -- Smyrna : massacres and merriment -- Alexandria : the key to Egypt -- Alexandria : bid for empire -- Beirut : the republic of merchants -- Alexandria : khedives and consuls -- Alexandria : the British years -- Beirut : the jewel in the crown of the Padishah -- Smyrna : Greeks and Turks -- Drifting cities -- Catastrophe and liberation -- Alexandria : queen of the Mediterranean -- Egyptianization -- Beirut : birth of a capital -- The Paris of the Middle East -- The dance of death -- New Levants for old