A Beirut Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries

by T.J. Gorton, Strabo, Nonnus of Panopolis

Beirut has seen many armies and empires come and go, but the legacy of this long history is not so much in surviving monuments as in the quintessential Levantine spirit of the people. A commercial hub since the days of the Phoenicians, it was a center of learning under the Romans, its law school pre-eminent in the Empire. Both currents are discernible today, with vibrant Arab, French, and American universities and more publishing houses than the rest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774166981
• ISBN13: 9789774166983
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 6.5"