Syria (region)
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Syria, also known as Greater Syria or Syria-Palestine, is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Historically, the term "Syria" ref
The ancient city of Apamea, Syria was an important trading center, and a prosperous city in Hellenistic and Roman times
Ruins at Sergiopolis
Palmyra, one of ancient Syria's wealthiest cities
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, built in 715, is one of the oldest, largest and best preserved mosques in the world.
Syria
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Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwe
Syria (region)
…the Taurus Mountains in the north, Sinai in the south-west, and Arabia in the south-east; however, in modern times it is used to refer solely to the Syrian Arab Republic. The term is originally derived from Assyria, an ancient Semitic-speaking civilization centered in northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. During the…
Reconstructed sculpture of a bird from Tell Halaf
Ishqi-Mari, king of the Second Kingdom of Mari, circa 2300 BC
Amrit Phoenician Temple
Antioch in Syria became the capital of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in 240 BC