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This item can be found on the following maps: Writing | Syria | Theatre | Caesar | Christianity | | Coloniae | Alexander | Commerce | Hasmonaeans | Hellenistic states | India, trade with | Mesopotamia | Phoenicians, Poeni | Pilgrimage [German version] A. Ancient Orient Oasis situated on the eastern edge of Antilebanon, watered by the undrained Barada, first mentioned in lists of Syrian towns of the pharaohs Thutmosis III and Amenophis III ( tmsq, Tamasqu) and then in the  Amarna letters ( Di/Dumašqu). In the 13th cent. BC too, D. was under Egyptian control. At the turn of the…

(Συρία/ Syría, Συρίη/ Syríē, Hdt. 2,12; 116; Ἀσσυρία/ Assyría; Latin Syria, Assyria). [German version] I. Geography The use of the geographical term S. requires further definition, because S. did not constitute an independent political territory throughout the historical period of the Ancient Near East. Polycentricity and incorporation in other systems of rule only came to an end in 1941, when the Republic of S. (since 1961: Syrian Arab Republic) was founded. This foundation included regions to the east of the …

Dieser Ort ist auf folgenden Karten verzeichnet: Alexandros | Caesar | Christentum | Coloniae | Handel | Hasmonäer | Hellenistische Staatenwelt | Indienhandel | Mesopotamien | Phönizier, Punier | Pilgerschaft | Schrift | Syrien | Theater | Straßen [English version] A. Alter Orient Am Ostrand des Antilibanon gelegene Oase, bewässert vom abflußlosen Barada, wird erstmals in Listen syr. Orte der Pharaonen Thutmosis III. und Amenophis III. ( tmsq, Tamasqu) sodann in den Amarna-Briefen ( Di/Dumašqu) genannt. Auch im 13. Jh.v.Chr. stand D. unter ägypt. Kontrolle. An der W…