10.26.2008

U.S. Carries Out Operation in Syria
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Syria, a crossroads of empire for 3,000 years, is once again in the news.


Roman emperor Phillip "Arabus" on Syrian 100 pound note

Links:

Assyrians
Babylonians
Achaemenids
Seleucids
Roman Syria

Pan of ruins: Palmyra
Byzantine Syria and the Muslim Conquest
Medieval Syria
Ottoman Syria
French Mandate of Syria
Politics of Independent Syria

That's a start...

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