LEADER 02213nam 2200481 a 450 001 9910462270403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-74236-5 010 $a0-19-972059-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276712 035 $a(EBL)1073498 035 $a(OCoLC)818851792 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1073498 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1073498 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623435 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL405486 035 $a(OCoLC)817224512 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276712 100 $a20111014d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aLebanon$b[electronic resource] $ea history, 600-2011 /$fWilliam Harris 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (387 p.) 225 0$aStudies in Middle Eastern history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-021783-9 311 $a0-19-518111-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-333) and index. 327 $aFoundations -- Emerging communities, 600-1291 -- Druze ascent, 1291-1633 -- Mountain lords, 1633-1842 -- Modern Lebanon -- Emerging Lebanon, 1842-1943 -- Independent Lebanon, 1943-1975 -- Broken Lebanon, 1975-2011. 330 $aIn this impressive synthesis, William Harris narrates the history of the sectarian communities of Mount Lebanon and its vicinity. He offers a fresh perspective on the antecedents of modern multi-communal Lebanon, tracing the consolidation of Lebanon's Christian, Muslim, and Islamic derived sects from their origins between the sixth and eleventh centuries. The identities of Maronite Christians, Twelver Shia Muslims, and Druze, the mountain communities, developed alongside assertions of local chiefs under external powers from the Umayyads to the Ottomans. The chiefs began interacting in a common 410 0$aStudies in Middle Eastern History 607 $aLebanon$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a956.92 700 $aHarris$b William W$0966292 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462270403321 996 $aLebanon$92193010 997 $aUNINA