Damascus: A History

Damascus, first published in 2005, was the first account in English of the history of the city. This new edition has been thoroughly updated using recent scholarship and includes an additional chapter placing the events of the Syrian post-2011 conflict in the context of the city's tumultuousexperiences over the last century.

Author: Ross Burns
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/29/2019
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.74lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781138483323

About the Author

Ross Burns was in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs for 37 years until his retirement in 2003, including as Ambassador to Syria from 1984 to 1987. After his retirement, he completed a PhD at Macquarie University in Sydney on 'The Origins of the Colonnaded Streets in the Cities of the Roman East'. He is the author of Aleppo (2016) and Monuments of Syria (3rd edition, 2009).