The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Damascus

Also known as The City of Jasmine, Dimashq, City of Damascus

  • city
  • ancient Near Eastern, Roman period

An ancient Syrian city of gardens and surrounding villages, later a great Muslim capital. It is occupied, damaged, and contested in the Arab and Crusading wars.

Type
city
Style
ancient Near Eastern, Roman period
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 55
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    An ancient Syrian city of gardens and surrounding villages, later a great Muslim capital. It is occupied, damaged, and contested in the Arab and Crusading wars.

Key events

  1. Book 1
    Ch. 234
    Muslim Conquest of the Middle EastFollowing Muhammad's death, Arab armies rapidly conquered Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Persia, overthrowing the Sassanid Empire and stripping the Byzantine Empire of its richest provinces.

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