History of the City of Gaza : From the Earliest Times to the Present Day / Martin A. Meyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Martin A., author.

Series:

Columbia University Oriental Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1907]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A brief history of the city of Gaza from its founding to 1900. It also describes the people and culture of Gaza, the cults and deities, the calendar, inscriptions, coins, games, and industries of the region.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Note

Preface

Abbreviations Used in The Subsequent Pages

Contents

Part I

I . Introduction

II. Population

III. Period of Foreign Domination

IV. Israelitish Period

V. Persian Period

VI. Hellenistic Period

VII. The Roman Period

VIII. The Moslem Conquest

IX. Period of The Crusades

X. The Turkish Period

XI. The Modern City

Part II

XII. Cult and Deities of Gaza

XIII. The Calendar at Gaza

XIV. Inscriptions

XV. Antiquities at Gaza

XVI. Coins

XVII. Games, Industries, Trade Routes

Index

Biblical Passages

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9780231883719

0231883714

OCLC:

1100429834