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59 matches to Syria
John I. 925-976. Byzantine Emperor 969-. Extended Empire to Balkans, Syria.
John of Damascus, St. 675-749. Syrian Iconophile. Source of Knowledge 743.
Lebanese Civil War. 1975-91. Moslem PLO gain power over Phalangists. Lebanese National Pact. Israeli, Syrian intervention 1978-82.
Lebanese War. 1978-82. Israeli invasions vs PLO, Syria.
Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. 722BC. Deported when Assyria invaded.
Mahmud II. 1785-1839. Ottoman sultan 1808-. Lost Greece, Syria. Destroyed Janissaries.
Maronite. Syrian Roman Catholic Church. 7C Settled Lebanon. 1182- Under Vatican. 1860 Druze massacre Maronites. 1920 Lebanon. Phalangists.
Mehmed II. 1432-81. Ottoman sultan 1451~. Captured Constantinople 1453, ending Byzantine Empire. Conquered Anatolia, Greece, Aegean, most of Syria. Re-established Ottoman Empire.
Muslim Civil War. 656-61 Sunni Muawiya defeats Shi’ite Ali for leadership starting Umayyad dynasty. 683-92 Umayyad put down Syrian rebellion. 809-13 Iraq vs Iran. 1008-31 Moslem Spanish gain autonomy from Umayyad.
Nabataeans. -105. Arab people who taxed Syria/Arabia trade route.
Nabu. Assyrian/Babylonian god of learning and writing.
Necho. -595BC. Egyptian pharaoh 610-. Aided Assyria vs Babylonians. Expedition sailed around Africa.
Nineveh. c6500BC. Capital of Assyrian Empire 700-612BC.
October War. 1973. Egypt, Syria attack Israel on Yom Kippur. Repulsed. UN creates buffer zone.
Omar. 581-644. Second Moslem caliph. Invaded Syria, Egypt, Persia. Established taxation.
Palmyra. 19C BC. Syrian city “founded by Solomon”. 3C AD + Syria, Egypt. 273 Rome destroys.
Philopappus. Syrian prince. Roman consul. Monument faces on Acropolis.
Psamtik I. -610BC. Pharaoh 664-. Reunited Egypt. Ended Assyrian rule.
Sardanapalus. Licentious, effeminate king of Assyria. Burned palace on defeat- killing self and court.
Sargon II. King of Assyria c722-705BC. Destroyed kingdom of Israel. Conquered Samaria, Babylon.
Seleucids. 312-64BC. Hellenistic kingdom founded by Alexander’s general, Seleucus. Syria, Persia, Mesopotamia.
Selim I. 1470-1520. Ottoman sultan 1512-. Conquered Egypt, Syria, part of Persia.
Semiramis. Assyrian queen, goddess. Founded Babylon.
Semite. Descended of Shem, Noah’s eldest son. Assyrians, Phoenicians, Israelites, Babylonians. Now: Jews, Arabs of S.W. Asia.
Sennacherib. -681BC. Assyrian king. Besieged Jerusalem 701. Destroyed Babylon 689. Rebuilt Nineveh.