From the Book - First edition.
The tale to be told. The Bronze Ages. The first kingdoms ; The international intruders ; The Amorite warrior-chiefs ; The empires collide ; The end of an era.
From the Iron Age to the Macedonian Conquest. The age of iron ; The wolf upon the fold : the neo-Assyrian invasions ; From Nebuchadnezzar to Alexander.
Syria Under Seleucid Rule. The rise of the Seleucid empire ; The Seleucid empire in its prime ; The Maccabean rebellion ; The decline and fall of the Seleucids.
Syria under Roman Rule. The coming of the Romans ; Nabataean excursus ; The Syrian emperors ; The crisis years.
The Rise and Fall of Palmyra. From desert oasis to royal capital : the story of Palmyra ; Syria's 'King of Kings' : the life and death of Odenathus ; Zenobia, queen of the east
Chronology of major events and periods
