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3 days ago · Antiochus and Philip V of Macedon then made a pact to divide the Ptolemaic possessions outside of Egypt, and in the Fifth Syrian War, the Seleucids ousted Ptolemy V from control of Coele-Syria. The Battle of Panium (200 BC) definitively transferred these holdings from the Ptolemies to the Seleucids.
5 days ago · Given her ancestral relations with the Seleucids, she was granted the region of Coele-Syria along the upper Orontes River. She was even given the region surrounding Jericho in Palestine, but she leased this territory back to Herod.
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1 day ago · †Coele-Syria During the Roman period "Palestine" was not the only geographical term for the region. For example, Strabo, in his description of Jerusalem and Judea, uses the term "Coele-Syria" ("all Syria"), and Pliny (as above) uses both terms. Pliny (Naturalis Historia 5.74, 77) and Strabo (16.2.16.754) do draw a distinction between the ...
3 days ago · While Palestine's boundaries have changed throughout history, it has generally comprised the southern portion of regions such as Syria or the Levant. As the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, Palestine has been a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics.
4 days ago · What is the Syrian Civil War? How did the Syrian Civil War begin? Who are the major combatants in the Syrian Civil War? Have chemical weapons been used in the Syrian Civil War? What has been the humanitarian impact of the Syrian Civil War?
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- The Syrian Civil War is an ongoing violent conflict in Syria between pro-democratic insurgents and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s long-standing...
- From 2006 to 2010 Syria suffered its worst drought in modern history. The combined effects of the drought and preexisting economic disparities unde...
- There are several parties involved in the Syrian Civil War. President Bashar al-Assad controls the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), which has fought alongsi...
- In 2012 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime confirmed for the first time its possession of a chemical weapons arsenal. Syria threatened to de...
- Since its start in 2011, the Syrian Civil War has created the largest refugee population in the world, constituting over a third of the global refu...
4 days ago · The modern distribution of Neo-Aramaic languages, including Neo-Syriac groups. Īšoˁ, the Syriac pronunciation of the Hebrew and Aramaic name of Jesus, Yeshuʿ ( ישוע) History of Syriac language is divided into several successive periods, defined primarily by linguistic, and also by cultural criteria.
5 days ago · Economic security. Mine action. Restoring family links. Over a decade on, millions of people across Syria continue to bear the brunt of a conflict compounded by several crises.
