The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East
By Eugene Rogan
Hardcover
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By Eugene Rogan
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A Financial Times Best History Book of the Year
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.
“A stunning portrait of the Ottoman empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting.” —Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight ...
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.
“A stunning portrait of the Ottoman empire and of Damascus during a time of crisis. Absolutely riveting.” —Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight ...


