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	History of Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Paul was converted on the Road to Damascus and established the first organized Christian Church at Antioch in ancient Syria, from which he left on many of his missionary journeys.
		Syria and France negotiated a treaty of independence in September of 1936, and Hashim al-Atassi, who was Prime Minister under King Faisal's brief reign, was the first president to be elected under a new constitution, effectively the first incarnation of the modern republic of Syria.
		Syria's political instability during the years after the 1954 coup, the parallelism of Syrian and Egyptian policies, and the appeal of Egyptian President Gamal Abdal Nasser's leadership in the wake of the Suez crisis created support in Syria for union with Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syria_(Roman_province) (2497 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Ancient Syria - Syria
		The Aramaeans settled in the Mesopotamian-Syrian corridor to the north and established the kingdom of Aram, biblical Syria.
		Aramaic displaced Hebrew in Greater Syria as the vernacular (Jesus spoke Aramaic), and it became the language of commerce throughout the Middle East and the official language of the Persian Empire.
		In 611 the Persians succeeded in invading Syria and Palestine, capturing Jerusalem in 614.
	www.exploitz.com /Syria-Ancient-Syria-cg.php (1646 words)

	Syria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Paul was converted on the Road to Damascus and established the first organized Christian Church at Antioch in ancient Syria (now in Turkey), from which he left on many of his missionary journeys.
		Syria's political instability during the years after the 1954 coup, the parallelism of Syrian and Egyptian policies, and the appeal of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's leadership in the wake of the 1956 Suez crisis created support in Syria for union with Egypt.
		Syria consists mostly of arid plateau, although the northwest part of the country bordering the Mediterranean is fairly green.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syria (7346 words)

	Syria - History
		Even though it was exploited politically, Greater Syria benefited immeasurably from the cultural diversity of the peoples who came to claim parts or all of it and who remained to contribute and participate in the remarkable spiritual and intellectual flowering that characterized Greater Syria's cultures in the ancient and medieval periods.
		The history of Greater Syria in the early medieval period is essentially the history of political Islam at one of its most glorious moments--the period of the Umayyad caliphate when the Islamic empire, with its capital at Damascus, stretched from the Oxus River to southern France.
		Among them are the colonization of Syria's frontiers, the suppression of tribal raiding, the opening of new lands to cultivation, and the beginnings of the settlement of the beduin tribes.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/syria/history.htm (8686 words)

	World InfoZone - Syria Facts
		The ancient city of Ugarit (Ras Shamra) was excavated in 1929 and the ancient city of Mari (Tel Hariri), near the Euphrates river, was discovered in 1932.
		Posidonius, the Greek stoic philosopher, was born in Apamea in Syria.
		Syria is a member of the Arab League that was established in 1945.
	www.worldinfozone.com /facts.php?country=Syria (410 words)

	Syria (10/05)
		Syria’s exchange rate is fixed, and the government maintains two official rates- one rate on which the budget and the value of imports, customs, and other official transactions are based, and a second set by the Central Bank on a daily basis that covers all other financial transactions.
		Syria has a population of approximately 18 million people, and official figures place the population growth rate at 2.58%, with 75% of the population under the age of 35 and more than 40% under the age of 15.
		Syria’s military remains one of the largest in the region, although the breakup of the Soviet Union--long the principal source of training, material, and credit for the Syrian forces--slowed Syria's ability to acquire modern military equipment.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3580.htm (6835 words)

	Misc Study: The History of Syria
		The union of Syria and Egypt in the United Arab Republic (UAR) was announced on February 1, 1958, and later ratified by a plebiscite in each country.
		In Syria a major pro-Nasserite military coup attempt in early July was put down with severity by Hafiz, the minister of interior and military governor.
		As of 1987, Syria has not granted the Soviets permanent port facilities, and, although the Soviets had pledged to defend Syria if it were attacked by Israel, it refused to support a Syrian blitz on the Golan.
	philologos.org /bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms018.htm (15003 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Syria
		In religion, the Mohammedans of Syria are Sunnites, or traditionalists—that is, in addition to the written word of the Koran, they recognize the Sunna, a collection of tradition sayings of the Prophet, which is a kind of supplement to the Koran directing the right observance of many things omitted in that book.
		The Greek Orthodox of Syria have 5 schools with 810 pupils in Beirut; 24 in Damascus and surrounding villages, with 2215 pupils and 60 teachers; and 12 in northern Syria with 2400 pupils and 65 teachers.
		The beginnings of Catholic missions in Syria may be appropriately traced back to the age of the Crusaders and the establishment of the Latin Patriarchate of Antioch in 1100, and that of the Vicariate Apostolic of Aleppo in 1762.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14399a.htm (7018 words)

	Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ancient Syria, one of the relatively few territories whose name has remained virtually unchanged throughout history, also roughly corresponds to the size of the modern country of the same name.
		The Assyrian Nebuchadnezzar overran Syria in the 8th century BC and was soon followed by the Babylonians a century later.
		Because of repeated disputes between the dynasties established by Alexander's former generals, Macedonia, the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids, war and territorial jockeying was nearly constant.
	www.unrv.com /provinces/syria.php (907 words)

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		The modern state of Syria was not established until 1946, after the Second World War, but it is a land which has been inhabited since ancient times.
		Greater Syria, a land area incorporating Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and present-day Syria, was the site of much conflict and conquest throughout the days of the Ancient World.
		Following the decline and collapse of the Romans and the division of the empire in the 4th century A.D., Syria became a Byzantine province and remained so for almost two and a half centuries.
	www.arab.net /syria/sy_ancient.htm (199 words)

	Syria
		The rest of Syria was divided into five semiautonomous areas- -the Jabal Druze, Aleppo, Latakia, Damascus, and Alexandretta (modern Iskenderun)--which accentuated religious differences and cultivated regional, as opposed to national pan-Arab, sentiment.
		During the period of the French Mandate, Syria's leaders--though often competing with each other for power--were generally united in their single goal of freedom from French rule.
		During the civil war that lasted 10 days, Syria sent some 200 tanks (nominally of the Palestine Liberation Army--PLA) to aid the PLO forces.
	www.metrocast.net /~moza/syria.htm (14953 words)

	Ancient Empires: Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Palmyra is Syria's foremost historical site and its ruins of the 2nd century AD city cover many acres.
		Considered by many scholars as the 8th Wonders of the Ancient World, Petra is a Nabatean city built in the 1st century AD.
		Begin at the picturesque Treasury before heading into the city to visit the theatre, the tombs of the Nobles, funeral halls, the baths, and finally, if you have the energy, climb the mountain top to see the Monastery.
	www.ancientempires.org /syria.html (1045 words)

	Travel to Syria - Syria tourism - tour Syria archaeology, ancient Damascus and history of Syria Sy - archaeological ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		At the ancient site of Mari, an important trading center in the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, we walk through the ruins of the ancient palace into a labyrinth temple complex.
		Continue to Qanawat, perhaps the most enchanting of Syria's ancient cities, where the Roman ruins are scattered amidst a grove of huge oak trees.
		The primary goal of the project is the investigation of the emergence, development, and episodes of decline of a west Syrian urban society from the Early to the Late Bronze periods (ca.
	www.farhorizon.com /turkey/Syria.htm (2438 words)

	Discovering Syria & Jordan - Ancient Adventures
		If you need a different tour package of Syria and Jordan, we will customize it for you.
		Breakfast, then visit Aleppo: sightseeing tour of the city, including the museum, Grand Mosque, the 5-mile old bazaar, the Citadel, and some caravanserai.
		In the evening, you will be met and transferred to a Syrian home where you will enjoy dinner with a Syrian family and have a social discussion about the way of life in Syria.
	www.ancientadventures.com /discovering_syria___jordan.htm (1183 words)

	The Traveller : Tours : The Near East : Ancient Syria: Crucible of Civilization
		With a wealth of archaeological remains matched by few other countries, Syria, a land of great antiquity, is one of the Near East’s best-kept secrets.
		Continue to the ancient walled desert city of Rasafa and then Meskene for ancient Emar.
		An excursion to the region of the ancient Hittite city of Carchemish, visiting a number of sites being excavated as part of the Tishrin Dam rescue project, including the important Aramaean city of Til Barsip.
	www.thetraveller2004.com /tourdetails.aspx?tourid=102 (560 words)

	At the Museums: Dream to Reality; Treasures from Ancient Syria
		The transformation in our understanding of ancient Troy from a legendary land of gods and heroes to a critical trading center of the Hittite Empire is the subject of Troia: Traum und Wirklichkeit (Troy: Dream and Reality), on display at the Forum of the Landesbank Baden-Würtemberg in Stuttgart.
		Being exhibited are more than 800 artifacts--ceramics, bronze weapons and vessels, and pieces of precious gold and silver jewelry--300 of which have come from the most recent excavations at Troy.
		For millennia, Syria functioned as a gateway through which passed the peoples and products of Egypt, Greece, Persia, and the Far East.
	www.archaeology.org /0107/abstracts/museum.html (342 words)

	Embassy of Syria in Washington D.C.
		Embassy of Syria in Washington D.C. Greetings from the Ambassador
		The Embassy of Syria in Washington D.C. aims at providing comprehensive and accurate information
		Please be informed that all Syrian/Lebanese borders checkpoints are open, and American citizens coming from Lebanon are immediately granted entry visas to Syria.
	www.syrianembassy.us (135 words)

	Syria reactivates ancient water system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		ALEPPO: "Have some water, it's clean enough to drink," say some women of Shalala Saghira (little falls), as they draw water from restored qanats (canals) and carry buckets of it on their heads to their small homes in the hills near Aleppo.
		The village, located approximately 70 kilometers southeast of Aleppo near the town of Khanasser, is the first in Syria to have its qanats, which date from Byzantine times, reactivated.
		The first ancient qanats to be excavated in Syria were found by German archaeologists approximately 100 years ago in northern Syria at Tel Halaf along the Turkish border.
	www.mirabilis.ca /archives/000858.html (277 words)

	Ancient Mesopotamia & Syria Bibliography
		Among others, covers classic medicine of the Ancient Near East and Egypt.
		Part of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute (that's what they called Near-Eastern studies in the 19th C.), this linksite will put you right in their regional index for Mesopotamia, which is a start on hunting.
		Good comments on ancient medicine from a less scientistic viewpoint, and references to sources.
	members.tripod.com /HistoricalNovelists/ancmesop.htm (872 words)

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