Farrington, Karen

How and why the war was fought and what happened to the men and women caught up in it.

Takes the reader from the very earliest beliefs of the Ancient world - worship of the Mother Goddess, prehistoric rites - through the 4000 years since classical civilization to the contemporary world of cults and self-styled Messiahs.

Presents an historical atlas that discusses the history and significance of forty-five places in the Holy Land including Israel, Lebanon, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, and contains detailed maps, photographs, and illustrations.