Middle East by Ham, Anthony -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Destination Middle East Getting Started

WHEN TO GO COSTS & MONEY READING UP MUST-SEE MOVIES TRAVELLING RESPONSIBLY

Middle East Stories

EGYPT IRAQ JORDAN ISRAEL PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES LEBANON SYRIA TURKEY

History, Politics & : Foreign Affairs

CRADLE OF CIVILISATION BIRTH OF EMPIRE HERE COME THE GREEKS ROMAN MIDDLE EAST THE COMING OF ISLAM EARLY ISLAM THE CRUSADES & THEIR AFTERMATH THE RISE OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS LIFE UNDER THE OTTOMANS EUROPE & THE OTTOMAN DECLINE COLONIAL MIDDLE EAST ISRAEL’S INDEPENDENCE ARAB (DIS)UNITY NEW FORCES OF ARAB RESISTANCE ARAB-ISRAELI WARS PEACE & REVOLUTION BLOODY AFTERMATH THE FALL, RISE & FALL OF HOPE THE MORE THINGS CHANGE

Religion

ISLAM JUDAISM CHRISTIANITY

Arts

ARCHITECTURE CARPETS CINEMA DECORATIVE ARTS VISUAL ARTS LITERATURE MUSIC

Food & Drink

STAPLES & SPECIALITIES DRINKS CELEBRATIONS WHERE & WHEN TO EAT & DRINK VEGETARIANS & VEGANS EATING WITH KIDS

Environment

THE LAND WILDLIFE NATIONAL PARKS & WILDLIFE RESERVES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Egypt

CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO HISTORY THE CULTURE RELIGION CAIRO HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION SIGHTS ACTIVITIES CAIRO FOR CHILDREN TOURS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING ENTERTAINMENT GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND AROUND CAIRO MEMPHIS, SAQQARA & DAHSHUR MEDITERRANEAN COAST ALEXANDRIA ROSETTA (AR-RASHID) NILE VALLEY LUXOR NORTH OF LUXOR SOUTH OF LUXOR ASWAN AROUND ASWAN WESTERN OASES KHARGA OASIS DAKHLA OASIS FARAFRA OASIS BAHARIYA OASIS SIWA OASIS SUEZ CANAL PORT SAID SUEZ RED SEA COAST HURGHADA AL-QUSEIR MARSA ALAM SINAI RAS MOHAMMED NATIONAL PARK SHARM EL-SHEIKH & NA’AMA BAY DAHAB ST KATHERINE’S MONASTERY NUWEIBA TABA EGYPT DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES BUSINESS HOURS CHILDREN COURSES DANGERS & ANNOYANCES DISCOUNT CARDS EMBASSIES & CONSULATES FESTIVALS & EVENTS GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS MONEY POST SHOPPING TELEPHONE & FAX TRAVELLERS WITH DISABILITIES VISAS WOMEN TRAVELLERS TRANSPORT IN EGYPT GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Iraq

WARNING CLIMATE HISTORY THE CULTURE RELIGION ENVIRONMENT BAGHDAD HISTORY ORIENTATION SIGHTS SLEEPING & EATING SOUTHERN IRAQ BABYLON KARBALA NAJAF UR BASRA NORTHERN IRAQ KIRKUK MOSUL IRAQI KURDISTAN ZAKHO DOHUK LALISH AMADIYA SULAV BARZAN AKRE GALI ALI BEG & THE HAMILTON ROAD SHAQLAWA ERBIL AROUND ERBIL DUKAN SULAYMANIYAH AHMADAWA HALABJA IRAQ DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION BUSINESS HOURS DANGERS & ANNOYANCES ELECTRICITY EMBASSIES & CONSULATES GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET RESOURCES LANGUAGE MONEY POST TELEPHONE TOILETS WOMEN TRAVELLERS VISAS TRANSPORT IN IRAQ GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Israel & the Palestinian Territories

CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO HISTORY THE CULTURE SPORT RELIGION ARTS ENVIRONMENT FOOD & DRINK JERUSALEM HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION SIGHTS COURSES JERUSALEM FOR CHILDREN TOURS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING ENTERTAINMENT GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND MEDITERRANEAN COAST TEL AVIV JAFFA HAIFA CAESAREA AKKO (ACRE) GALILEE NAZARETH TIBERIAS SEA OF GALILEE UPPER GALILEE & THE GOLAN HEIGHTS ROSH PINA HULA VALLEY GOLAN HEIGHTS TSFAT DEAD SEA QUMRAN EIN GEDI MASADA THE NEGEV BE’ER SHEVA SDE BOKER & AVDAT MITZPE RAMON EILAT AROUND EILAT THE WEST BANK & GAZA STRIP RAMALLAH AROUND RAMALLAH JERICHO AROUND JERICHO BETHLEHEM AROUND BETHLEHEM HEBRON NABLUS GAZA CITY ISRAEL & THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES BOOKS BUSINESS HOURS CHILDREN COURSES CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DANGERS & ANNOYANCES DISCOUNT CARDS EMBASSIES & CONSULATES FESTIVALS & EVENTS GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS INTERNET ACCESS LANGUAGE MONEY POST TELEPHONE TRAVELLERS WITH DISABILITIES VISAS WOMEN TRAVELLERS WORK TRANSPORT IN ISRAEL & THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Jordan

CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO HISTORY THE CULTURE SPORT RELIGION ARTS ENVIRONMENT FOOD & DRINK AMMAN HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION SIGHTS & ACTIVITIES AMMAN FOR CHILDREN TOURS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING ENTERTAINMENT SHOPPING GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND AROUND AMMAN WADI AS-SEER & IRAQ AL-AMIR JERASH & THE NORTH JERASH AJLOUN AJLOUN FOREST RESERVE IRBID UMM QAIS PELLA (TABAQAT FAHL) THE DEAD SEA & AROUND BETHANY-BEYOND-THE-JORDAN THE DEAD SEA WADI MUJIB NATURE RESERVE THE EASTERN DESERT UMM AL-JIMAL THE DESERT CASTLES KING’S HIGHWAY MADABA AROUND MADABA MACHAERUS (MUKAWIR) WADI MUJIB KARAK TAFILA DANA NATURE RESERVE SHOBAK PETRA & THE SOUTH PETRA & WADI MUSA WADI RUM AQABA JORDAN DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES BOOKS BUSINESS HOURS CHILDREN COURSES CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DANGERS & ANNOYANCES DISCOUNT CARDS EMBASSIES & CONSULATES FESTIVALS & EVENTS GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS INSURANCE INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET RESOURCES LANGUAGE LAUNDRY MAPS MONEY PHOTOGRAPHY POST SHOPPING SOLO TRAVELLERS TELEPHONE TIME TOILETS TOURIST INFORMATION TRAVELLERS WITH DISABILITIES VISAS WOMEN TRAVELLERS WORK TRANSPORT IN JORDAN GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Lebanon

CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO HISTORY THE CULTURE RELIGION ARTS ENVIRONMENT FOOD & DRINK BEIRUT HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION DANGERS & ANNOYANCES SIGHTS & ACTIVITIES BEIRUT FOR CHILDREN FESTIVALS & EVENTS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING ENTERTAINMENT GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND AROUND BEIRUT BEIT MERY & BRUMMANA JEITA GROTTO JOUNIEH NORTH OF BEIRUT BYBLOS (JBAIL) TRIPOLI (TRABLOUS) BCHARRÉ & THE QADISHA VALLEY THE CEDARS SOUTH OF BEIRUT SIDON (SAIDA) TEMPLE OF ECHMOUN TYRE (SOUR) CHOUF MOUNTAINS BEKAA VALLEY ZAHLÉ BAALBEK AANJAR LEBANON DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES BOOKS BUSINESS HOURS COURSES DANGERS & ANNOYANCES EMBASSIES & CONSULATES FESTIVALS & EVENTS GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS MONEY PHOTOGRAPHY TELEPHONE VISAS WOMEN TRAVELLERS TRANSPORT IN LEBANON GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Syria

CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO HISTORY THE CULTURE RELIGION ARTS ENVIRONMENT DAMASCUS HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION SIGHTS ACTIVITIES TOURS FESTIVALS & EVENTS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING ENTERTAINMENT SHOPPING GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND AROUND DAMASCUS BOSRA SEIDNAYYA MAALULA HOMS INFORMATION SIGHTS SLEEPING & EATING HAMA GETTING THERE & AWAY INFORMATION SIGHTS TOURS SLEEPING EATING GETTING THERE & AWAY CRAC DES CHEVALIERS HISTORY SIGHTS SLEEPING & EATING GETTING THERE & AWAY APAMEA HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION SIGHTS ACTIVITIES TOURS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING SHOPPING GETTING THERE & AWAY ALEPPO QALA’AT SAMAAN DEAD CITIES LATTAKIA INFORMATION SIGHTS & ACTIVITIES SLEEPING EATING DRINKING GETTING THERE & AWAY AROUND LATTAKIA UGARIT QALA’AT SALADIN PALMYRA HISTORY INFORMATION SIGHTS TOURS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING GETTING THERE & AWAY THE EUPHRATES DEIR EZ-ZUR SOUTHEAST OF DEIR EZ-ZUR NORTHWEST OF DEIR EZ-ZUR SYRIA DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION BUSINESS HOURS CHILDREN COURSES DISCOUNT CARDS EMBASSIES & CONSULATES FESTIVALS & EVENTS GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS MONEY POST TELEPHONE VISAS WOMEN TRAVELLERS TRANSPORT IN SYRIA GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Turkey

CLIMATE & WHEN TO GO HISTORY THE CULTURE SPORT RELIGION ARTS ENVIRONMENT FOOD İSTANBUL DRINK HISTORY ORIENTATION INFORMATION DANGERS & ANNOYANCES SIGHTS ACTIVITIES TOURS FESTIVALS & EVENTS SLEEPING EATING DRINKING GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND AROUND İSTANBUL EDİRNE İZNİK BURSA AEGEAN COAST ÇANAKKALE ECEABAT (MAYDOS) GALLIPOLI (GELİBOLU) Peninsula TROY (Truva) BEHRAMKALE & ASSOS AYVALIK BERGAMA & PERGAMUM İZMİR ÇEŞME SELÇUK EPHESUS (EFES) KUŞADASI PAMUKKALE BODRUM MEDITERRANEAN COAST MARMARİS KÖYCEĞİZ DALYAN FETHİYE ÖLÜDENİZ PATARA KALKAN KAŞ OLYMPOS & ÇIRALI ANTALYA AROUND ANTALYA SİDE ALANYA THE EASTERN COAST ANTAKYA (HATAY) CENTRAL ANATOLIA ANKARA SİVAS KONYA CAPPADOCIA (KAPADOKYA) GÖREME UÇHİSAR ZELVE VALLEY AVANOS ÜRGÜP MUSTAFAPAŞA IHLARA VALLEY KAYSERİ THE BLACK SEA & NORTHEASTERN ANATOLIA TRABZON ERZURUM KARS DOĞUBAYAZIT SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA VAN DİYARBAKIR MARDİN ŞANLIURFA (URFA) MT NEMRUT GAZİANTEP (ANTEP) TURKEY DIRECTORY ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES BUSINESS HOURS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DANGERS & ANNOYANCES EMBASSIES & CONSULATES FESTIVALS & EVENTS GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS INTERNET ACCESS LANGUAGE MAPS MONEY POST Telephone & Fax TOILETS VISAS WOMEN TRAVELLERS TRANSPORT IN Turkey GETTING THERE & AWAY GETTING AROUND

Middle East Directory

ACCOMMODATION ACTIVITIES BUSINESS HOURS CHILDREN CLIMATE CHARTS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DANGERS & ANNOYANCES DISCOUNT CARDS EMBASSIES & CONSULATES GAY & LESBIAN TRAVELLERS HOLIDAYS INSURANCE Internet Access MONEY PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO Smoking SOLO TRAVELLERS Telephone TIME TOILETS TOURIST INFORMATION TRAVELLERS with disabilities Visas WOMEN TRAVELLERS WORK

Transport in the Middle East

GETTING THERE & AWAY ENTERING THE MIDDLE EAST AIR LAND SEA TOURS AIR BICYCLE BOAT BUS CAR & MOTORCYCLE HITCHING LOCAL TRANSPORT TRAIN

Health

BEFORE YOU GO INSURANCE RECOMMENDED VACCINATIONS MEDICAL CHECKLIST INTERNET RESOURCES FURTHER READING IN TRANSIT Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) JET LAG & MOTION SICKNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AVAILABILITY & COST OF HEALTH CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASES TRAVELLER’S DIARRHOEA ENVIRONMENTaL HAZARDS TRAVELLING WITH CHILDREN WOMEN’S HEALTH

Language

ARABIC TRANSLITERATION PRONUNCIATION CONVERSATION & ESSENTIALS HEALTH ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES TIME & DAYS MONTHS NUMBERS TRANSPORT HEBREW CONVERSATION & ESSENTIALS ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES TIME & NUMBERS TRANSPORT TURKISH PRONUNCIATION CONVERSATION & ESSENTIALS HEALTH ACCOMMODATION & SERVICES TIME & NUMBERS TRANSPORT

Glossary The Authors

ANTHONY HAM JAMES BAINBRIDGE César Soriano AMELIA THOMAS JENNY WALKER RAFAEL WLODARKSI CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

Behind the Scenes

THIS BOOK THANKS OUR READERS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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