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Description edit
Looking for the real story behind the headlines? Look here. Look to the region where ancient civilisations rose and fell, where deserts, seas and ancient ruins compete for spectacle, and from where all travellers return raving about the extraordinary kindness of strangers. Lonely Planet tells... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Deir: Add a description of this character.
- Sharm El-sheikh
- Marsa Alam
- Khan
- Dana
- Zamalek
- Souq
- Saad Zaghloul
- Al-amir Mohammed St
- Madaba
- Saddam
- Wadi Musa
- Talaat Harb
- Ben Yehuda St
- David
- Erbil
- Rue Gouraud
- Abdali
- Marmaris
- Yousef
- Shmeisani
- Thomas Cook
- Arafat
- Caddesi
- Dohuk
- Fethiye
- Achrafiye
- Salim St
- Mardin
- Wadi Mujib
- Cankurtaran
- Atatürk
- Yitzhak Rabin
- Zenobia
- St Katherine
- Van
- Hammam
- Marsa Matruh
- Gemmayzeh
- Muslim
- Meydani
- Abraham
- Charles Helou
- Ramses
- Lawrence
- Ibn Gvirol St
- Azraq
Setting & Locations edit
- Israel
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Iraq
- Egypt
- Beirut
- Cairo
- Jordan
- Middle East
- Turkey
- Damascus
- Amman
- Jerusalem
- Aqaba
- Aleppo
- Old City
- Tel Aviv
- Luxor
- Aswan
- Alexandria
- West Bank
- Palmyra
- Baghdad
- Hama
- Europe
- Tripoli
- Eilat
- Ankara
- Haifa
- Hurghada
- Iran
- Istanbul
- Lattakia
- Jerash
- Nuweiba
- Australia
- Bethlehem
- Dead Sea
- Taba
- Hamra
- Sidon
- Jaffa
- Tiberias
- Gaza
- Baalbek
- Antalya
- Anatolia
First Sentence edit
This section sketches out the broadest sweeps of Middle Easterr history - for fun details see the more specific History sections in the individual country chapters
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Lonely Planet Multi Country Guides. (standard series)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 915.60454
Subjects edit
- Books › Travel › Guidebook Series › Lonely Planet
- Books › Travel › Reference & Tips › Guidebooks
- Books › Travel › Middle East
- Books › Travel › Asia
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