THE traveller of to-day who visits the dirty, straggling, little town of Tersous on the Cydnus, finds little to remind his imagination that this is the Tarsus of the apostle Paul, one of the famous marts of the world, an ancient centre of learning and culture only rivalled by Alexandria or later by Baghdad; a city considered worthy of a visit by the luxury-loving Cleopatra and the enchained Marc Antony, in a gilded galley with sails of purple silk and oars of silver.
An edition of Geber a Tale of the Reign of Harun Al Raschid Khalif of Baghdad
(2004)
Geber a Tale of the Reign of Harun Al Raschid Khalif of Baghdad
by Kate A. Benton
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Geber a Tale of the Reign of Harun Al Raschid Khalif of Baghdad
July 25, 2007, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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September 20, 2004, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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