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  • Raqqa

    Al-Raqqah, also called Raqqa, Ar-Raqqah, Al-Rafiqa, is a city in Syria located on the north bank of the Euphrates River. The modern city traces its history to the Hellenistic period, with the foundation of the city of Nikephorion by the Seleucid king Seleucus I Nicator in the 3rd century BC. The city was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate between 796 and 809 AD, under the reign of Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Raqqa-Ràfiqa: the Abbasid city.
    UNESCO Tentative List
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    Raqqa


    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1999

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    3rd Century BC


    Hellenistic

    Roman + Byzantine + Islamic

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    Mixed Monuments


     

     

     

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