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Sad Mammal posted:What books on "barbarian" civilizations can you recommend? Vikings, Goths, Vandals, all are welcome, though I have a particular interest in the vikings. Ibn Fadlan's reports on his time with the Rus (probably vikings) are a great read: http://www.amazon.com/Ibn-Fadlan-Land-Darkness-Travellers/dp/0140455078/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344061926&sr=8-1&keywords=ibn+fadlan He provides some of the only eyewitness accounts of viking culture and custom that we have today.
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Can anyone recommend some good books about the ancient history of the Levant? Something really essential on Israel covering any period from pre-history up until the Mameluk/Ottoman period would be great, but I'd also love any really good books on the Eastern Mediterranean as a whole, anywhere in the same time frame. I'm a Near Eastern archaeology major looking to focus my interests for grad school, so I'll take any and all recommendations you can give me. Slightly related, I'd love to read anything about the history of Acre/Akko, either in the Crusader period, or Napoleon's failed siege of the city in 1799 (Al-Jezzar was more than a little crazy and I want to read more about him telling Napoleon to gently caress off).
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