An introduction to the history and geography of Syro-Palestine, including Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Trans-Jordan.

Geography, climate and early inhabitants --The early empires: Assyria to the Roman Republic -- From Augustus to Muhammad -- From Muhammad to the coming of the Turks -- The crusades -- Mamelukes and Mongols: 1250-1517 -- Syria under the Ottoman Empire: 1517-1909 -- Syria between the wars: 1909-1939 -- Unity or diversity: 1939-1966 -- The bedouins -- The cultivators -- The city-dwellers -- Historical experience and forms of government -- Manners and customs.