CHAPTER I: THE SYRIAN DESERT AND ITS INHABITANTS, CHAPTER II: CHANNELS OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TRADE, CHAPTER III: TRAVELLERS AND EXPLORERS OF THE SYRIAN DESERT, CHAPTER IV: THE MERCHANT CARAVANS, CHAPTER V: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TRAVEL· ACROSS THE DESERT, CHAPTER VI: PRIVATE CARAVANS OF THE GREAT DESERT ROUTE, CHAPTER VII: THE GREAT HAJJ CARAVANS, CHAPTER VIII: ELEVEN CENTURIES OF POSTAL SERVICE, CHAPTER IX: THE ERA OF MECHANICAL TRANSPORT, APPENDICES, INDEX