This book is an excellent addition to any library dealing with the civilizations of the Mediterranean,a chance to see what musty texts only describe.In a way that an academic text can't,this book brings back alive ancient Greece,Persia and Phoenicia,among many others.It's difficult to describe just how good the photography is in this book.There are hundreds of photographs here,all in color,many large,filling half-pages and whole pages,and the photography is so vivid you actually feel like you're standing before the ancient monuments and architecture,simply by turning the pages.That is a feeling that is rare in even the best photography books and it alone is worth buying this book.

Preface

Foreword

Introduction

The Bronze Age

The Phoenicians

The Greco-Roman Era

The World of the Nabataeans

The Levant during the early Byzantine era

Islam and the Crusades