The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East

by Eugene Rogan

An award-winning scholar's account of an ancient city's descent into unprecedented communal violence--an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East

On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days, violence raged, leaving five thousand Christians dead, thousands of shops looted, and churches, houses, and monasteries razed. The sudden...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154160427X
• ISBN13: 9781541604278
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"