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Damascus Through the Ages |
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The Syrian Capital Damascus is known to be the oldest
city in the world. It remained inhabited throughout all the ages it went through. It was
given numerous attributes due to the various civilizations it had witnessed, as well due
to its scientific, educational, religious,
political, artistic, commercial and industrial position throughout the ages.The oldest
signals to Damascus came form Ebla paints which proved that Damski(Damascus) was existent
during the third millennium B.C. as an influential economic center. The pharaonic
documents referred to it as (Damaska).The strong show up of Damascus was in the
middle of the second millennium B.C. when it became the center of an aramean kingdom
under the name (Darmiski).
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Then Damascus went through different eras until it fell under
the control of the Greek, Romans and Byzantines. All these eras have left hangible
landmarks of antiquity. The Golden era of Damascus started when it became the
capital of the Omayyad State in the year 661 A.D. The Omayyads have take care of the
city's architecture and organization of its markets, streets and
Ghota (Plantations) which surrounds it. They have also organized
an irrigation system for these plantations and set up palaces and hospitals.|
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