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Heirs to forgotten kingdoms :

Author (نویسنده/ناشر):

Russell, Gerard.

Catalog Source (منبع کتلاگ):

ACKU

Statement of responsibility:

Gerard Russell.

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

Physical Description:

xxxi, 367 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Language:

English

ISBN:

9781471114694
9781471114700
9781471114724

Subjects--Personal Names:

,Russell, Gerard -- Travel -- Middle East.

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Religions.
Travel.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Middle East – Religion.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Middle East – Description and travel.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Middle East – Religious life and customs.

LC Class. No:

BL1060. / R877 2014

Source of Classification:

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

Accession No:

3ACKU000533231

General Note:

Abstract: Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.