Middle East and Africa : International Dictionary of Historic Places

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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Historic Places by Country; Editor's Note; Contributors; The Dictionary:; Abeokuta, Nigeria; Abomey, Benin; Abu Mina, Egypt; Abu Simbel, Egypt; Acre, Israel; Ai, West Bank; Akhetaton, Egypt; Aksum, Ethiopia; Al Qal'a of Beni Hạmmād, Algeria; Al-Alamein, Egypt; Aleppo, Syria; Alexandria, Egypt; Algiers, Algeria; Al-Jem, Tunisia; Amman, Jordan; 'Amrit, Syria; An Najaf, Iraq; 'Aqaba, Jordan; Aseb, Eritrea; Ashdod, Israel; Ashqelon, Israel; Assur, Iraq; Awash River Lower Valley, Ethiopia; Baalbek, Lebanon; Babylon, Iraq. Bafut, CameroonBagamoyo, Tanzania; Baghdad, Iraq; Behistun, Iran; Beni Hasan, Egypt; Benin City, Nigeria; Bet She'an, Israel; Bethlehem, West Bank; Bubastis, Egypt; Busra, Syria; Byblos, Lebanon; Caesarea, Israel; Cairo, Egypt; Cape Coast, Ghana; Cape Town, South Africa; Capernaum, Israel; Carchemish, Turkey; Carthage, Tunisia; Cherchell, Algeria; Choghā Zanbīl, Iran; Constantine, Algeria; Ctesiphon, Iraq; Cyrene, Libya; Dahshûr, Egypt; Damascus, Syria; Dāmghān, Iran; Dan, Israel; Deir al-Bahri, Egypt; Dendera, Egypt; Djémila, Algeria; Djenné, Mali; Dor, Israel; Dunqulah, Sudan. Dura-Europus, SyriaEbla, Syria; Echmiadzin, Armenia; Elmina, Ghana; Engaruka, Tanzania; En-gedi, Israel; Eşfahān, Iran; Fashoda, Sudan; Fes, Morocco; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Gadara, Jordan; Gaza, Gaza Strip; Ghadames, Libya; Giza, Egypt; Gonder, Ethiopia; Goreé Island, Senegal; Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; Haïdra, Tunisia; Hama, Syria; Hamadān, Iran; Harer, Ethiopia; Hatra, Iraq; Hazor, Israel; Hebron, West Bank; Hermonthis, Egypt; Hierakonpolis, Egypt; Ife, Nigeria; Ingombe Ilede, Zambia; Isandhlwana, South Africa; Jerash, Jordan; Jericho, West Bank. Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, IsraelJerusalem: Mount of Olives, Israel; Jerusalem: Temple Mount, Israel; Johannesburg, South Africa; Kairouan, Tunisia; Kampala, Uganda; Kano, Nigeria; Karbala, Iraq; Kamak, Egypt; Kerma, Sudan; Kermān, Iran; Khami Ruins, Zimbabwe; Khartoum, Sudan; Khirbat Qumran, West Bank; Kilwa, Tanzania; Kimberley, South Africa; Kish, Iraq; Krak des Chevaliers, Syria; Lalibela, Ethiopia; Lambessa, Algeria; Latakia, Syria; Le Kef, Tunisia; Leptis Magna, Libya; Lixus, Morocco; Marrakech, Morocco; Masada, Israel; Mashhad, Iran; Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Medina, Saudi ArabiaMedinet Habu, Egypt; Megiddo, Israel; Memphis, Egypt; Meroë, Sudan; Meydum, Egypt; Mombasa, Kenya; Monrovia, Liberia; Mosul, Iraq; Mount Hermori, Lebanon; Muscat, Oman; M'Zab Valley, Algeria; Nazareth, Israel; Nimrud, Iraq; Nineveh, Iraq; Omo River Lower Valley, Ethiopia; Oran, Algeria; Ouidah, Benin; Palmyra, Syria; Pasargadae, Iran; Persepolis, Iran; Petra, Jordan; Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; Porto-Novo, Benin; Pretoria, South Africa; Qasr 'Amrah, Jordan; Qom, Iran; Rabat, Morocco; Ramla, Israel; Sabrata, Libya; Salé, Morocco; Samaria, West Bank; Samarra, Iraq