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The Religious Roots of the Syrian Conflict [electronic resource] : The Remaking of the Fertile Crescent / by Mark Tomass.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human ConflictPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: XIII, 281 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137525710
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 327 23
LOC classification:
  • JZ2-6530
Online resources: In: Springer eBooksSummary: Explores the historical origins of Syria's religious sects and their dominance of the Syrian social scene. It identifies their distinct beliefs and relates how the actions of the religious authorities and political entrepreneurs acting on behalf of their sects expose them to sectarian violence, culminating in the dissolution of the nation-state.
Item type: eBooks
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Explores the historical origins of Syria's religious sects and their dominance of the Syrian social scene. It identifies their distinct beliefs and relates how the actions of the religious authorities and political entrepreneurs acting on behalf of their sects expose them to sectarian violence, culminating in the dissolution of the nation-state.

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