TY - BOOK AU - Russell, Francis TI - Places in Syria : : a pocket grand tour SN - 9780711231665 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Frances Lincoln Limited KW - Russell, Francis -- (Francis George) KW - Syria KW - Description and travel N1 - Contents 1. Damascus 2. Ezraa 3. Bosra 4. Qanawat 5. Shahba 6. Shaqqa 7. The Ledja 8. Seidnaya; and Maalula 9. Deir Mar Mousa 10. Dumeir 11. The Way to Palmyra: Khan al-Manquora; the Harbaqa Dam; Qsar al-Heir al-Gharbi; and Khan al-Hallabat 12. Palmyra 13. Qasr al-Heir al Sharqi 14. Deir al-Zor 15. Qalaat Rahbba 16. Dura Europos 17. Mari 18. Baghuz 19. Halebiye; and Zalebiye 20. Raqqa 21. Resafa 22. Qalaat Jaber 23. Meskene 24. Qalaat Najim 25. Aleppo 26. Cyrrhus 27. Ain Dara 28. Qalaat Semaan: Saint Simeon 29. Deir Semaan; Sitt al-Rum; Qatura; and Refade 30. Kharrab Shams; Kallotto; and Barad 31. Baqirha; Bamuqqa; and Qalb Lozeh 32. Harim; Harench 33. Ebla 34. Jeradeh; and Ruweiha 35. Bara 36. Serjilla 37. Maarat al-Numan 38. Hama 39. Qasr Ibn Wardan 40. Anderin 41. Isriya 42. Masyaf 43. Shaizar 44. Apamea 45. Qalaat Burzey 46. Bakas; and Shughur 47. Qalaat Saladin; Saone 48. Ugarit 49. Jeble 50. Qalaat Marqab; Margat 51. Qalaat al-Kahf 52. Tartus; Tortosa 53. Arwad 54. Amrit 55. Qalaat Yahmur; and Safita: Chastel Rouge; and Chastel Blanc 56. Husn Suleiman 57. Qalaat al-Husn: Krak des Chevaliers Glossary People and Dynasties Chronology Index; 900-999; 915.6 N2 - In this compact guide, Francis Russell describes fifty-seven places in Syria, a country that for millennia has been close to the very pulse of what we term civilization ER -