Two groups of poets, living in the seclusion of two monasteries were particularly involved in the dispute when at its height.
Early monastic life and the controversy over icons.
Category: Syria
Traditional clothing from Arabia, Palestine and Syria.
Costume cuts and robe shapes from Arabia, Palestine and Syria.
Syria. The clothing of woman and man at the beginning of the 19th century.
Syria is a state in the Near East and part of the Mashreq. Syria borders Israel and Jordan to the south, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and Iraq to the east.
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Distant view of Damascus, from the village of Salihiye. Syria.
The elevation, shortly after the traveler leaves the village of Salihiyeh being sufficient to give him a splendid range of vision.
The dress of the Arabs. Affluent class. Pictorial work.
The name Arab originally was reserved for the nomad tribes east of Palestine and in the Syro-Arabian desert, but today it is generally used for most of the surviving Semitic peoples who, in addition to living in Arabia, are to be found in Mesopotamia, North Africa, the western shores of the Red Sea, and the eastern shores of the Persian Gulf.
The principality of Antioch. The crusades. The kingdom of Jerusalem.
Syria during the period of the crusades, 1096-1291. The crusades. The county of Edessa. The principality of Antioch. The county of Tripoli.
The kingdom of Jerusalem. List of places and names.
Syria Dura Europos warrior costume.
Syria Dura Europos warrior in 19th century. Douran. Gallery: Asian costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world.
A Syrian girl in traditional dress at a spring.
A Syrian girl in traditional dress at a spring in 1902.
The Syren, after Charles Louis Muller 1878.
The Syren. The painter evidently selected a Spanish, or probably a Hebrew model.
A dervish of Syria. Each order has its particular costume.
THE various institutions of the Dervishes (Sufi) are established upon different principles. Each founder gave a distinctive character to his sect, by the statues, regulations, and practices, which he appointed.
