War in the Holy Land

In the only comprehensive historical atlas of its kind, the history of the Holy Land is described, beginning with the Canaanite defeat by the Egyptians at Meggido in 1468 BC and ending with the latest peace negotiations between Jew and Arab in mid-1998. The authoritative text is complemented by 100 specially commissioned high quality maps and further supported by a series of archive photographs and illustrations that reveal how, over three millennia, the sand and soil of the Holy Land has been bitterly contested.

ISBN	0750915005	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9780750915007 (What's this?)	Pages	256
Publisher	The History Press Ltd	Volumes	000
Imprint	Sutton Publishing Ltd	Weight (grammes)	900
Format	Hardback	Published in	Stroud
Publication date	24 Sep 1998	Height (mm)	263
Non-book description	xii, 212 p. :	Width (mm)	194
Writer of foreword	David Vital	Spine width (mm)	21
Library of Congress	DS119.2.D8	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General
DEWEY	911.5694

		List of Maps
		Foreword by Robert O'Neill
		Introduction
		The First Battle of Megiddo		1
		The Israelite Conquest		4
		The Israelite Entry into Canaan: the Battles of Jericho and Ai		9
		Defeat of Sisera by Deborah: Early Twelfth Century BC		11
		The Battle of Endor		12
		The Campaigns of David		14
		The Pre-Roman Conquests		18
		The Assyrian Conquest		18
		The Babylonian Conquest		21
		The Persian Empire		24
		Alexander the Great		25
		The Ptolemies and the Seleucids		28
		The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean Era		31
		The Romans to the Crusaders		36
		The Roman Conquest		37
		The First Revolt and the Siege of Masada		41
		The Second or Bar Kochba Revolt		43
		The Birth of Islam and the Ummayid Conquest		46
		The Abbasid Conquest		49
		The Break-up of Arab Solidarity		52
		The Crusades		55
		The First Crusade: The March to Antioch		62
		The First Crusade: The Fighting at Antioch		65
		The First Crusade: The March to Jerusalem		68
		The Battle of the Horns of Hattin		72
		The Third Crusade		75
		The Muslim Reconquest		80
		More...

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