Because the famine of World War I marked the cusp of the Ottoman and French eras of rule in Lebanon and Syria, the crisis has been regarded in the historiography as a pivotal event – but one which primarily derives its ...
In 882-1477, the Mamluk Sultan Qāytbāy undertook an unprecedented, four-month long journey to Bilād al-Shām, a region hitherto not visited by any reigning Circassian sultan. This thesis presents a close study of this journey ...
This thesis is dedicated to understanding the motives and consequences of a project led and funded by the Palestine Exploration Fund. The undertaking took place between the years 1871-1876 and came to be known as The Survey ...