The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Making of the Modern Middle East - Hardcoverby Eugene Rogan (Author) An award winning scholar's account of an ancient city's descent into unprecedented communal violence an event that would mark the end of the old Ottoman order and the beginning of the modern Middle East On July 9, 1860, a violent mob swept through the Christian quarters of Damascus. For eight days, violence raged, leaving five thousand Christians dead, thousands of shops looted, and churches, houses, and monasteries razed. The