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Ancient City of Damascus
Ancient City of Damascus
Damascus is the capital and the second-largest city of Syria. Damascus was a part of the ancient province of Amurru in the Hyksos Kingdom, from 1720 to 1570 BC, and it was chosen as the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 750 AD. The ancient city was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
Site Information
Country: Syria
District: Damascus Governorate
Site History: Seventh Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Neolithic
Later Cultures: Mixed
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
World Heritage Site
Part of: Ancient City of Damascus
Date of Inscription: 1979
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