books.google.com - Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what came before: the peoples, cities, and kingdoms that arose, flourished, declined, and disappeared...https://books.google.com/books/about/Ancient_Syria_A_Three_Thousand_Year_Hist.html?hl=ru&id=q8Z7AgAAQBAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAncient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History