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Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia - Damascus
Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria. It is often referred to as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia Ii - Damascus - History
Damascus - Ancient. Excavations at Tell Ramad on the outskirts of the city have demonstrated that Damascus has been inhabited as early ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia - Canaan
Canaan or Knáʕan (Arabic کنعان, Hebrew כְּנַעַן, Septuagint Greek Χανααν) is an ancient term for a region roughly c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia - 1920
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harran: Encyclopedia - Harran
Harran, also known as Carrhae, is an archeological site in present day southeastern Turkey, 24 miles (39 kilometers) southeast of Sanli U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cain And Abel: Encyclopedia - Cain And Abel
The story of Cain and Abel, mentioned in the Torah and the Bible at Genesis 4, and Qu'ran at 5:27-32, tells of the somewhat unexplained m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Córdoba Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Córdoba Spain - History Of Córdoba
Córdoba Spain - Roman Córdoba in Hispania Baetica. In Roman times, the city had more cultural buildings than Rome. It was the capital...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleppo: Encyclopedia - Aleppo
Aleppo (or Halab, حلب Arabic meaning "Fresh Milk") is a city and province in northern Syria. The city has a population of around 1.7 m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-mustarshid: Encyclopedia - Al-mustarshid
Al-Mustarshid (d. 1135) was the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1118 to 1135. Son of the preceding Caliph, he once more tried independence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahab: Encyclopedia - Ahab
Ahab or Ach'av (אַחְאָב "Brother of the father", Standard Hebrew Aḥʼav, Tiberian Hebrew ʼAḥăʼāḇ, ʼAḫʼāḇ) was Kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aircraft Hijacking: Encyclopedia - Aircraft Hijacking
Aircraft hijacking (also known as Skyjacking) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. Unlike the hijacking ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-makrizi: Encyclopedia - Al-makrizi
Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad al-Makrizi (or Maqrizi) (1364 - 1442), is an Arabian historian, known as al-Maq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muslim Ibn Al-hajjaj: Encyclopedia - Muslim Ibn Al-hajjaj
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia - Alawite
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia - Ammon
Ammon or Ammonites (עַמּוֹן "People", Standard Hebrew ʻAmmon, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAmmôn), also referred to in the Bible as the "ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aqaba: Encyclopedia - Aqaba
Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة al-ʻAqabah) is a coastal town with a population of 101,290 (2000) and 2% of Jordan's population in the far s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiochus I Soter: Encyclopedia - Antiochus I Soter
Antiochus I Soter (i.e. "Saviour") (324/​323-​262/​261 BC), was an emperor of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiochian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia - Antiochian Orthodox Church
The Antiochian Orthodox Church is one of the five churches that composed the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab League And The Arab-israeli Conflict: Encyclopedia - Arab League And The Arab-israeli Conflict
The League was established on March 22, 1945. When the League founding pact was signed in Cairo, Egypt, "[t]he Arab League states collect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Nationalism: Encyclopedia - Arab Nationalism
Arab nationalism refers to a common nationalist ideology in wider Arab world. Arab nationalism is a form of ethnic nationalism. It is a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arameans: Encyclopedia - Arameans
The Aramaeans, or Arameans, were a Semitic, seminomadic and pastoralist people who originated and had lived in upper Mesopotamia and Syri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aram Damascus: Encyclopedia - Aram Damascus
Aram Damascus was an Aramean state centered around Damascus in Syria, from the late 12th century BCE to 734 BCE. Sources for this state c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab Revolt: Encyclopedia - Arab Revolt
The Arab Revolt (1916–1918) was initiated by Sherif Hussein ibn Ali with the aim of securing independence from the ruling Ottoman Turks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Persian Empire: Encyclopedia - Persian Empire
The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). Persia's ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ananias: Encyclopedia - Ananias
Ananias is the Greek form of Hananiah (Hebrew for "Yahweh is gracious"), or Ananiah, a name occurring several times in the Old Testament ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berber: Encyclopedia - Berber
Algeria: 7,500,000 Tunisia:    200,000 Libya:    250,000+ Mauretania:    80,000 Egypt:    10,000...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ali Ibn Husayn: Encyclopedia - Ali Ibn Husayn
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ali: Encyclopedia - Ali
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amin Al-husayni: Encyclopedia - Amin Al-husayni
Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. 1895-July 4, 1974, أمين الحسيني, alternatively known as al-Husseini, el-Husseini, Al-Hajj Amin o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adad-nirari Iii: Encyclopedia - Adad-nirari Iii
Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. He was the son and successor of Shamshi-Adad V, and was appare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amr Ibn Al-a'as: Encyclopedia - Amr Ibn Al-a'as
Amr ibn al-'Ās (Arabic: عمرو بن العاص) (d. 663 CE) was an Arab military commander who is most noted for leading the Islamic c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amos Prophet: Encyclopedia - Amos Prophet
(עָמוֹס "Burden", Standard Hebrew ʿAmos, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĀmôs) was a person in the Bible, and putative author of the speeches ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Six-day War: Encyclopedia - Six-day War
The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nabataeans: Encyclopedia - Nabataeans
The Nabataeans were a trading people of ancient Arabia, whose oasis settlements in the time of Josephus gave the name of Nabatene to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lebanon: Encyclopedia - Lebanon
The Republic of Lebanon, or Lebanon (لبنان), is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Necronomicon: Encyclopedia - Necronomicon
The Necronomicon is the title of a fictional book created by H.P. Lovecraft and often featured in stories based on the Cthulhu mythos ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pakistan: Encyclopedia - Pakistan
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان, islāmī jamhūriya i pākistān), or Pakistan (Urdu:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Of Tarsus: Encyclopedia - Paul Of Tarsus
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Qur'an: Encyclopedia - Qur'an
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crusade: Encyclopedia - Crusade
The Crusades were a series of several military campaigns—usually sanctioned by the Papacy—that took place during the 11th through 13t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch: Encyclopedia - Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (Greek Αντιοχεια ἡ επι Δαφνη) is located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1961: Encyclopedia - 1961
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyrian People: Encyclopedia - Assyrian People
This article concerns the Assyrian people. For their ancient empire, see Assyria. United States and Canada:    300,000 (est....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bilal Ibn Ribah: Encyclopedia - Bilal Ibn Ribah
In Muslim history Bilal ibn Ribah (Arabic: بلال بن رباح) was an Ethiopian born in Mecca in the late 6th century, whom Muhammad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governments' Positions Pre-2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia - Governments' Positions Pre-2003 Invasion Of Iraq
This article describes the positions of world governments prior to the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian: Encyclopedia - Rosicrucian
The Rosicrucian Order is a legendary and secretive Order dating from the 15th or 17th century. It generally is associated with the symbol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scythia: Encyclopedia - Scythia
Scythia was an area in Eurasia inhabited in ancient times by a group of Iranian people speaking Indo-Iranian languages, known as the Scyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia - 2003 Invasion Of Iraq
The 2003 Invasion of Iraq began on March 20, consisting primarily of United States and United Kingdom forces; 98% of the forces came from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 8th century BC - Overview. 8th century BC - Events. Assyria conquers Damascu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 9th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 9th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 9th century BC - Overview. 9th century BC - Events. Kingdom of Kush (900 BC)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahaz: Encyclopedia - Ahaz
Ahaz (אחז המלך Hebrew "has held", short form of Jehoahaz: "God has held") was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yom Kippur War: Encyclopedia - Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים; transliterated: Milkhemet Yom HaKipurim or מ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language: Encyclopedia - Aramaic Language
Aramaic is a Semitic language with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sramana: Encyclopedia - Sramana
A Sramana (Sramati tapasyatiti Sramanah) is one who performs acts of mortification or austerity. According to the definition, a being is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syria: Encyclopedia - Syria
33°30' N 36°18' E The Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية) or Syria (Arabic: سوريا) is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1926: Encyclopedia - 1926
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1926 - Events. 1926 - January-April. January 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1948 Arab-israeli War: Encyclopedia - 1948 Arab-israeli War
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the "War of Independence" (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) or as the "War of Liberation" (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acre Israel: Encyclopedia - Acre Israel
The city of Acre (Hebrew עַכּוֹ, Standard Hebrew ʻAkko, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAkkô; Arabic عكّا ʻAkkā ▶ (help·info); also Ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beirut: Encyclopedia - Beirut
Beirut (Arabic: بيروت, transliterated Bayrūt - the French name, Beyrouth, was also commonly used in English in the past) is the cap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity And World Religions: Encyclopedia - Christianity And World Religions
Christianity and world religions appear to share some elements. In a look at Christianity's relationship with other world religions, this...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World War Ii: Encyclopedia - World War Ii
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circassians: Encyclopedia - Circassians
The term Circassians is term derived from the Turkic Cherkess, and is not the self-designation of any people. It has sometimes been appli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Ii Of Germany: Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Ii Of Germany
Wilhelm II of Germany (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Hohenzollern 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Buren County Arkansas: Encyclopedia - Van Buren County Arkansas
Van Buren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2000, the population is 16,192. The county seat is Clinton. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vichy France: Encyclopedia - Vichy France
Vichy France, or the Vichy regime was the de facto French government of 1940-1944 during the Nazi Germany occupation of World War II. Now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medina: Encyclopedia - Medina
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yehuda Halevi: Encyclopedia - Yehuda Halevi
Judah Ha-Levi, also Yehudah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi(Hebrew רבי יהודה הלוי) (c.1085-1141 CE) was a Jewish Spanish p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chagatai Khanate: Encyclopedia - Chagatai Khanate
Chagatai Khan (alternative spellings Chagata, Chugta, Chagta, Djagatai, Jagatai), a son of Genghis Khan (1206—1227), controlled the par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cedar Revolution: Encyclopedia - Cedar Revolution
Cedar Revolution has become the Western media's most commonly used name for the chain of demonstrations and popular civic action in Leban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital: Encyclopedia - Hayyim Ben Joseph Vital
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1543 in Safed-6 May 1620 in Damascus) was one of the most famous exponents of Kabbalah. As a young boy, Vital wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Young Turks: Encyclopedia - Young Turks
The Young Turks were a Turkish patriotic constitutionalist society, officially known as the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) — in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yerevan: Encyclopedia - Yerevan
Yerevan (Armenian: Երեւան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,088,3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Walid Jumblatt: Encyclopedia - Walid Jumblatt
Walid Jumblatt (Arabic: وليد جنبلاط‎) (born August 7, 1949), is the current leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Leba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus Steel: Encyclopedia - Damascus Steel
Damascus steel, also known as Damascened steel, now commonly refers to 2 of types of steel used in custom knife and sword making, pattern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascius: Encyclopedia - Damascius
Damascius, the last of the Neoplatonists, was born in Damascus about AD 480. In his early youth he went to Alexandria, where he spent twe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damask: Encyclopedia - Damask
Damask is a fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. The term originally referred to o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damour Massacre: Encyclopedia - Damour Massacre
The Damour massacre took place on 20 January 1976 during the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. It was perpetrated by mainly Palestinian mil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Nations Truce Supervision Organization: Encyclopedia - United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UNTSO is an acronym for United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, an organization founded in 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle Eas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascene: Encyclopedia - Damascene
The term Damascene can be used to refer to: A resident of Damascus A special type of steel called Damascus steel For the art of metalic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umayyad Mosque: Encyclopedia - Umayyad Mosque
The Grand Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Located in the old...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Crusades: Encyclopedia - The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of several military campaigns—usually sanctioned by the Papacy—that took place during the 11th through 13t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uthman: Encyclopedia - Uthman
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Arab Republic: Encyclopedia - United Arab Republic
The United Arab Republic (UAR) (Arabic: لجمهورية العربية المتحدة - al jumhuriya al-'arabia al-muttahida) was the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umayyad: Encyclopedia - Umayyad
The Umayyad Dynasty (Arabic بنو أمية banū umayya / الأمويون al-umawiyyūn); Persian امویان (Omaviyân), Turkish, Em...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umm Kulthum: Encyclopedia - Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum (Arabic: أم كلثوم other English spellings include: Oum Kalsoum, Oum Kalthum, Omm Kolsoum, Umm Kolthoum, Um Kalthoom) (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Casablanca: Encyclopedia - Casablanca
Casablanca classic (Arabic name: الدار البيضاء, transliterated ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ, "the white house", dar beïda in dialec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia - Baldwin Iv Of Jerusalem
Baldwin IV (1161 – 1185), called the Leper or the Leprous, the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife Agnes of Courtenay, was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baghdad: Encyclopedia - Baghdad
Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد, Persian: بغداد (Meaning in Persian : "from angels") is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Province...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hadadezer: Encyclopedia - Hadadezer
Hadadezer ("Hadad is my help"); also known as Bar-Hadad II (Aram.); Ben-Hadad II (Heb. or Adad-Idri (Assyr.) was the king of Damascus at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bashar Al-assad: Encyclopedia - Bashar Al-assad
Bashar al-Assad (بشار الاسد) (born September 11, 1965) is the current President of Syria (The Syrian Arab Republic) and the son ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Karkar: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Karkar
The Battle of Karkar (or Qarqar) was fought in 853 BC when the army of Assyria, led by king Shalmaneser III, encountered an allied army o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bassam Tibi: Encyclopedia - Bassam Tibi
Bassam Tibi, born 1944 in Damascus, is a political scientist of Syrian origin with German citizenship known for his analysis of internati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baasha Ben Ruhubi: Encyclopedia - Baasha Ben Ruhubi
Baasha ben Ruhubi was the king of Ammon in 853 BCE. Along with Bar-Hadad II of Damascus, Ahab of the Kingdom of Israel, the Arab king Gin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baalbek: Encyclopedia - Baalbek
Modern Baalbek (Arabic: بعلبك) is a town in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon, altitude 3,850 ft (1,170 m), situated east of the Litani Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyria: Encyclopedia - Assyria
Assyria in earliest historical times referred to a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armand De Périgord: Encyclopedia - Armand De Périgord
Armand de Périgord (or Hermann de Pierre-Grosse) (1178–1247?) was a descendant of the Counts of Périgord and Grand Master of the Knig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–10 November 1938), until 1934 Mustafa Kemal, Turkish army officer and revolutionist statesman, was the fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyubid Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Ayyubid Dynasty
The Ayyubid Dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origins which ruled Egypt, Syria, and northern Iraq in the 12th and 13th centuries. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1154: Encyclopedia - 1154
1154 - Events. King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet who becomes King Henry II ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Yarmuk: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Yarmuk
The Battle of Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmuq or Hieromyax) took place between the Muslim Arabs and the Byzantine Empire in 636. It is consid...   » Read the article