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Map of Damascus in 1855 View of Damascus, 1898. 965 BCE – Ezron, King of Aram-Zobah conquers Damascus; 843 BCE – Hazael assassinated Ben-Hadad I and made himself king of Damascus. [1] 732 BCE – Neo-Assyrian Empire conquers Damascus; 572 BCE – Neo-Babylonians conquered Damascus; 538 BCE – Achaemenid Empire annexes Damascus
The Seljuqs established a court in Damascus and a systematic reversal of Shia inroads in the city. The city also saw an expansion of religious life through private endowments financing religious institutions and hospitals (maristans). Damascus soon became one of the most important centers of propagating Islamic thought in the Muslim world.
Shortly after, in September 1920, Damascus was established as the capital of the State of Damascus under French Mandate. The war of the Hashemites against the French, which erupted in January 1920, shortly became a devastating campaign for the new proclaimed Arab Kingdom of Syria.
The State of Damascus (French: État de Damas; Arabic: دولة دمشق Dawlat Dimashq) was one of the six states established by the French General Henri Gouraud in the French Mandate of Syria which followed the San Remo conference of 1920 and the defeat of King Faisal's short-lived monarchy in Syria.
The presence of public baths in Damascus started during the Umayyad era, while some historians date them back to the Roman era. The Damascene baths were mentioned by a number of Damascus historians, such as Ibn 'Asakir (1106–1175 AD) in his famous book "The History of Damascus". In his book, Ibn 'Asakir named 77 of baths working at that time ...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This is a timeline of Syrian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Syria and its predecessor states. To read ...
As per one estimate, the count of Christians affiliated with established denominations in Syria has dropped from approximately 2.5 million before the civil war, to about 500,000 in 2023. [357] Syria was once home to a substantial population of Jews, with large communities in Damascus, Aleppo, and Qamishii. [358]
In July 1922, France established a loose federation between three of the states: Damascus, Aleppo, and the Alawite state under the name of the Syrian Federation (Fédération syrienne). Jabal Druze, Sanjak of Alexandretta, and Greater Lebanon were not parts of this federation, which adopted a new federal flag (green-white-green with French canton).