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Tripoli: A History
John Wright
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Description for Tripoli: A History
Paperback. History of this ancient, turbulent, and geopolitically important city situated on the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
It has been called a "Noble Possession", abused as "A Nest of Corsairs" and extolled as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean". This city of Tripoli, one of the oldest on both the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara, and never deserted, has meant many different things to many different people over the past 2,500 years. To its first outside visitors, the trading Phoenicians, it was a safe haven and a market. To its later Roman colonizers it was an outlet for the low grade pastoral produce of its Saharan hinterland. Under Muslim Arab rule it became a wealthy ... Read more
It has been called a "Noble Possession", abused as "A Nest of Corsairs" and extolled as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean". This city of Tripoli, one of the oldest on both the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara, and never deserted, has meant many different things to many different people over the past 2,500 years. To its first outside visitors, the trading Phoenicians, it was a safe haven and a market. To its later Roman colonizers it was an outlet for the low grade pastoral produce of its Saharan hinterland. Under Muslim Arab rule it became a wealthy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930193
SKU
V9781909930193
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99-10
About John Wright
JOHN WRIGHT, who has lived and worked in Tripoli, is a journalist and broadcaster (now retired) who has written and lectured widely on Libya and its Saharan hinterland.
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