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The name of Damascus first appeared in the geographical list of Thutmose III as tjmsqw in the 15th century BC.
Damascus
Syria
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
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Damascus was built on a plateau 680 m above sea level and is about 80 km inland from the Mediterranean.
Damascus
Syria
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
From the “Geography” section
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Carbon-14 dating suggests that the site of Damascus may have been occupied since around 6300 BC.
Damascus
Syria
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
From the “History” section
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The Old City of Damascus retains the rectangular shape established by the Romans, with its two main axes known as the Decumanus Maximus and the Cardo.
Damascus
Syria
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
From the “History” section
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The Grand Mosque of Damascus, originally a Christian cathedral, was completed in 715.
Damascus
Syria
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
From the “History” section
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0