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	Tadmor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tadmor (in Arabic تدمر), the famed Palmyra of Antiquity, is a small city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 120 km southwest of the Euphrates.
		Palmyra was made part of the Roman province of Syria during the reign of Tiberius (14–37 CE).
		Septimius Odaenathus, a Prince of Palmyra, was appointed by Valerian as the governor of the province of Syria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palmyra,_Syria (676 words)

	Syria - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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'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 there is a small strip with plain along the coast line with the Mediterranean.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /syria.htm (4226 words)

	CULTUREFOCUS: Jordan and Syria photos. Petra and Palmyra pictures. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the Syrian desert are the ruins of Palmyra (ancient Tadmor), a city that was driven to heroic deeds and its ultimate downfall by the ambitious dreams of Queen Zenobia.
		The downfall of Palmyra began when its ruler Odenathus was assassinated and his wife Zenobia (believed by many historians to have been responsible!) gained power.
		Palmyra itself was finally taken by Aurelian in 273 AD after another rebellion.
	www.culturefocus.com /syria_jordan.htm (577 words)

	Homs:Palmyra, Syria (Homs Online - Homsonline.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palmyra or Tudmor lies at Homs state, 155 kilometres east of Homs city and 210 kilometres northeast of Damascus.
		Palmyra was an ideal halt for the caravans moving between Iraq and al-Sham (present-day Syria, Lebanon and Jordan), trading in silk from China to the Mediterranean.
		Palmyra's greatest days however were after the murder of Odeinat, when his wife Zenobia started ruling Palmyra on behalf of her son Vaballath.
	www.homsonline.com /Citeis/Palmyra.htm (1024 words)

	Palmyra on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		AD Septimius Odenathus built Palmyra into a strong autonomous state that practically embraced the Eastern Empire, including Syria, NW Mesopotamia, and W Armenia.
		After his death his widow, Zenobia, briefly expanded the territory, but her ambition brought on (AD 272) an attack by Aurelian, who was victorious and partly destroyed (273) the city.
		In decline, Palmyra was taken by the Arabs and sacked by Timur.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Palmyra.asp (640 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Palmyra – A Portent ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was because of the caravan trade that Palmyra flourished during the third and second centuries B.C. Already prosperous, Palmyra became a Roman client state in the time of Mark Antony; about 60 years later, in the reign of Tiberius, it became a tributary and then, in A.D. 212, a colony.
		Eventually, Palmyra also became a valuable ally and Odenathus II, Palmyra's king, was appointed commander of the Roman armies in Syria, under whose charge they were able to recapture Mesopotamia from the Sassanians and extend their authority across the Euphrates as far as Ctesiphon.
		Palmyra, he believed, could still regain its past glory, since the basic conditions that had promoted its rise to power were still present: the caravan trade and the desert.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198105/palmyra.a.portent..htm (1314 words)

	Palmyra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now on the outskirts of the town of Tadmor (an oasis in the middle of the Syrian Desert), Palmyra was the capital of Syria at the time of Christ and served as an important political and commercial center of the Silk Route between Europe and the Orient.
		Queen Zenobia is known to be the most prominent herione of the city Zenobia's era in Palmyra marked the golden age of this city in the second and third centuries A.D. Queen Zenbia controlled Syria in 270 A.D. and swept Egypt afterwards.
		In the year 272 A.D. the Roman armies swept Palmyra and besieged it until it fell and Queen Zenobia was arrested and driven to Rome as a captive.
	www.made-in-syria.com /palmyra.html (548 words)

	Unique Winter Resort in Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palmyra or ‘Tadmur’ the bride of Syria’s desert is calling upon visitors each year in Winter to come due to its moderate weather, shining sun and the presence of mineral-water baths with a natural resort and a lot of archeological sites.
		A report on winter tourism by SANA correspondent in the central part of Syria where Palmyra is located, 250 km north east Damascus; noted that sun shines during the period starting from December up till March to encourage winter tourism for visitors coming from Europe and cold areas in the world.
		Palmyra, the historical site is famous for its two fences, one is built of stones and the other of white clay.
	www.sana.org /english/reports/2004/18.6/unique_winter_resort_in_syria.htm (258 words)

	Traveling to Palmyra, Syria
		Palmyra is 150 miles (243km) north-east of Damascus, and is Syria’s most famous tourist attraction.
		Situated at an oasis in the desert, this ruined city is at a considerable distance from any other water source, as it is 150km from the Orontes River in the west and 200km from the Euphrates in the east.
		Palmyra’s local name is Tadmor and it has been a settlement since Neolithic times.
	www.reuter.net /syria_private_tours/palmyra.htm (378 words)

	Palmyra Syria Overview, Discover Palmyra Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Bedouin settlement of Tadmor (the ancient Semitic name for Palmyra --a Greek name given to the ancient city, meaning City of the Palms, during the 1st Century B.C.) is adjacent to the Greco-Roman ruins.
		The dark green foliage of the dense palm groves is a startling contrast to the monotones of the desert; in spring, the pomegranate flowers blaze scarlet amidst the silver-green of the olive trees.
		The Palmyra Desert F estival is held in early May, during that time hotel rooms are sometimes difficult to get we suggest booking well in advance.
	www.chamhotels.com /palmyra.html (373 words)

	SYRIA - PALMYRA
		Palmyra appeared as a surprise at the end of an extremely boring journey.
		Palmyra was besieged and had to surrender in 272 A.D. when Zenobia was captured, and sent off to Rome in chains.
		The modern city of Palmyra is not a particularly big one, but looking at the construction and the housing projects, at the far end of the town, I gathered that it must be one of growing importance - not just for tourism and certainly not for agriculture...perhaps it’s the strategic importance of the city.
	weecheng.com /mideast/syria/palmyra1.htm (2895 words)

	Palmyra, Syria
		Palmyra was on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire and rose to prominence as a major trading post for caravans journeying from Persia to Rome.
		Palmyra is known to the locals as Tadmor, which means "City of Dates" and on the road to the ruins I passed by several date stands where the proprietors insisted I try their dates which I did.
		The total cost of the 3.5 hour trip from Palmyra to Hama using microbus, minibus and taxi was about $2.50 US with the taxi being almost half that cost for just the last mile.
	www.kuchtaworld.net /travel/me2001/pages/Palmyra.htm (1189 words)

	Syria Gate - About Syria - Palmyra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Called Tadmor by the Arabs, Palmyra appeared for the first time in the 2nd millennium BC in the archives of Mari and in an Assyrian text.
		In 129 AD Hadrian visited Palmyra and was quite enthralled by it and named it Palmyra Hadriana and proclaimed it a free city.
		In 212 AD Palmyra was considered as a colony of the Roman Empire and Palmyra took a higher military role and caravan trade diminished.
	www.syriagate.com /Syria/about/cities/Homs/palmyra.htm (589 words)

	Queen Zeena: Warrior Princess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palmyra, called "Tadmor" in Semitic, is located in the middle of nowhere, which means that even though the site is well-known, it is not teeming with tourists.
		Palmyra became the seat of power of a tremendous empire, as Zenobia and her army conquered many surrounding lands and countries.
		She was the underdog on the battlefield and in the stateroom because she was a woman at a time when men were the fighters and women produced the heirs.
	members.aol.com /MJavins/zeena.htm (892 words)

	Palmyra, Syria - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		A prosperous caravan station in the 1st century BC, Palmyra became a Roman outpost and a major city-state within the Roman Empire in the 1st century AD.
		Her ambition to further expand Palmyra's influence in Asia Minor and Egypt was ended by the Roman emperor Aurelian, who in 272 captured her and razed the city.
		Subsequently, Palmyra was taken by the Arabs and sacked by Tamerlane.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /palmyra_syria.htm (183 words)

	SyrianGate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palmyra is in the heart of Syrian Desert, and is often described as the bride of the desert.
		This enabled her to take over whole Syria, conquer Egypt and send armies to Asia Minor, gaining control thereby of all land and sea ways to Far East.
		Palmyra ruins, which covers an area of 6 square kilometers, requires a full day in order to form an adequate idea of the beauty of the remaining architecture such as Baal temple, Arch of Triumph, the Amphitheater, the Baths, the Straight Street, the Congress Council and the Cemeteries.
	www.syriangate.com /syria/palmyra.htm (525 words)

	Palmyra -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century
		The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century AD; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use.
		As the queen of Palmyra, an ancient city located 150 miles (243 kilometers) northeast of Damascus in modern-day Syria, Zenobia ruled from 267 or 268 to 272.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9058157 (809 words)

	Syria Gate - About Syria - Homs - Palmyra Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bel is identified by the Greeks as Zeus and as Jupiter by the Romans, and is lord and master of the universe, creator of the world and leader of the gods.
		The other necropolis which is situated southeast of Palmyra includes the tombs of Artaban, Breiki, and Bolha.
		This intimidating castle which stands on top of a mountain to the west of Palmyra's vestiges was built in the 16th century.
	www.syriagate.com /Syria/about/cities/Homs/palmyrasites.htm (799 words)

	Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Syria’s two main cities of Damascus and Aleppo are still perhaps the most wholly satisfying traditional cities of the Arab world today.
		Today, entire deserted cities such as Palmyra or Resafeh, immense castles like Crac des Chevaliers or Sahyun, and a bewildering array of palaces, mosques, temples, theatres, churches and other ruins strewn across the country provides Syria with one of the richest and most diverse heritages in the world.
		Warwick Ball’s Syria: A Traveller’s Historical and Architectural Guide comes out in its second edition in 2002 and his prize-winning Rome in the East: the Transformation of an Empire, published in 2000 and reprinted in 2002, highlights just some of this immense historical wealth, in particular the unsurpassed Roman and Byzantine remains there.
	www.eastapproaches.freeuk.com /syria.htm (617 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Syria country analysis brief
		The ultimate goals of economic reform in Syria are to move the country away from a state-run economy and towards a more market-based, modernized one, to reduce the country's high rate of unemployment (particularly given the country's rapid population growth), and to diversify the country's economic base for the day when oil reserves run out.
		Syria is planning to construct a third refinery, with an initial capacity of 60,000 bpd (possibly increasing to 120,000 bpd), at Deir ez-Zour to supply products to the eastern part of the country.
		Syria plans to increase this production in coming years as part of a strategy to substitute natural gas for oil in power generation in order to free up as much oil as possible for export.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntm31439.htm (4180 words)

	Palmyra, Syria Travelogue - Friday, November 14, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		En-route to Deir ez-Zur, we made an unplanned climb to Halabiyeh — a citadel founded in 272 by Queen Zenobia (the Queen of Palmyra who later had the nerve to defy Rome.) The climb was steep and rocky and many of the more senior members of the group decided to forgo the climb.
		The sun was setting and we had great lighting and a wonderful view of the Euphrates.
		In Palmyra, we stayed at the Orient Hotel which is within walking distance to the old city.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/8987/palmyra.htm (1451 words)

	Syria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nonetheless, they eventually became the most economically successful group in Syria, and today are the dominant sect in that country, including among their numbers the ruling Assad family, a disproportionately large percentage of the armed forces' upper echelons, and many cabinet ministers.
		Palmyra was a vital link in trade routes between the Levant and Mesopotamia.
		The Septimii of Palmyra were a clan of mixed Aramaic and Nabataean Arab descent, closely related to the Septimii Severii who ruled the Roman Empire from the late 100's CE.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Syria.html (2297 words)

	Palmyra, Syria
		Palmyra (Tadmor in Arabic) is in the heart of Syrian Desert, and is often described as
		After Romans conquered Syria, Palmyra flourished and became known as city of palm-trees.
		Palmyra ruins, which covers an area of 6 square kilometers, requires a full day in order to form an adequate idea of the beauty of the remaining architecture such as Baal-Shamin Temple, Bel Temple, Arch of Triumph, the Amphitheater, the Baths, the Straight Street, the Congress Council and the Cemeteries.
	www.atlastours.net /syria/palmyra.html (557 words)

	Syria in 2003 (2: Palmyra) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sharia Al-Quwatli, the main street of Palmyra, was just a dirt track a couple of decades ago before tourists became interested in the nearby 2nd century ruins.
		After Rome invaded Syria in the first century Tadmor (city of date trees), prospered as her camel caravans extended roman trade eastward to the Euphrates and Tigris.
		In 266 AD, the ambitious Queen Zenobia took control of much of Syria until Aurelian defeated her armies in 271 and razed her capital two years later.
	berclo.net /page03/03en-syria-2.html (560 words)

	Palmyra, Syria
		Palmyra (now Tadmor, Syria), whose name means "place of Palms," was made part of the Roman province of Syria during the reign of Tiberius and steadily grew in importance until it became a free city under Hadrian.
		In the third century, its queen Zenobia gave the Romans a pretty hard time, but Aurelian finally captured her and brought her back to Rome.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Palmyra,_Syria.html (111 words)

	Palmyra \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palmyra was strategically located on two of the most important trade routes in the ancient world: one extended from the Far East and India to the head of the Persian Gulf, and the other—
		She established Palmyra as the capital of an independent and far-reaching Roman-style empire, expanding its borders beyond Syria to Egypt and much of Asia Minor.
		Her rule was short-lived, however; in 272 A.D., Emperor Aurelian reconquered Palmyra and captured Zenobia, whose subsequent transport to Rome bound in chains of gold is legendary.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/palm/hd_palm.htm (389 words)

	Syria Tour, Travel to Syria, Vacation in Syria, Tour Syria and Turkey
		See Syria, biblical sites in Jerusalem and Jordan and the amazing Lost City of Petra on this fascinating 10 day/9 night package.
		At Palmyra (Tadmor), a hundred miles east of Homs, are the extensive ruins of a fabulously wealthy Roman city ruled by the famed Zenobia.
		Syria is truly the Land of the Book.
	www.travelinstyle.com /syria (477 words)

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