Description: Pearl of the Desert : A History of Palmyra, Hardcover by Raja, Rubina, ISBN 0190852224, ISBN-13 9780190852221, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Palmyra has long attracted the attention of the world. Well before its rediscovery in the seventeenth century, the ancient city gained legendary status because of its Queen Zenobia, who in the third century CE rebelled against Rome and expanded Palmyras territory into what is now modern
Turkey and Egypt. Even though Zenobias empire was a fairly short interlude and the Romans struck back hard, devastating the city, her path to imperial power was one which tells us much about Palmyrene identity in the period before the defeat. While Zenobia has gained renewed interest among both
scholars and the press, and while she has served as a political symbol for Syrias president Assad--a statue of her was recently erected in Damascus--the time leading up to her reign still remains underexplored.
Pearl of the Desert is the most comprehensive history of this fabled ancient city in English. Assimilating the rich archaeological and literary evidence, Rubina Raja unfolds the story chronologically, from the earliest evidence of settlement in the Bronze Age to Palmyras rise as an urban center in
the late Hellenistic and Roman periods, its destruction by Rome in 273 CE, and its survival in the Byzantine and medieval Islamic periods. Th ends with a discussion of Palmyras modern rediscovery and, more recently, its chaotic misfortunes during the Syrian civil war when it was used as a
symbol of, alternately, the resistance of the rebels, the power of ISIS, and the supremacy of the Syrian state. After several years of destruction and looting, securing of the site has begun as well as planning for its restoration. At this turning point in Palmyras long history, there is no better
time to assess the past, present, and future of this remarkable city.
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Book Title: Pearl of the Desert : A History of Palmyra
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Pearl of the Desert : a History of Palmyra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Archaeology, Asia / General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Byzantine Empire
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Author: Rubina Raja
Item Length: 6 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science, History
Item Width: 9 in
Format: Hardcover
