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The siege of Damascus took place between 24 and 28 July 1148, during the Second Crusade. It ended in a crusader defeat and led to the disintegration of the crusade. The two main Christian forces that marched to the Holy Land in response to Pope Eugene III and Bernard of Clairvaux 's call for the Second Crusade were led by Kings Louis VII of ...
First appearing in 2007, A Gay Girl in Damascus was a weblog purportedly written by Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari. It was, in fact, a hoax persona created by the American citizen and then-student of the University of Edinburgh, Thomas Jarvis MacMaster. [1] [2] [3] During the 2011 Syrian uprising, a posting on the blog, purportedly by "Amina's ...
Siege of Damascus (634) Kisan Gate, one of the six ancient gates of Damascus. The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 [2] [a] before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city of the Eastern Roman Empire to fall in the Muslim conquest of Syria . The last of the Roman–Persian Wars ...
Pope Damasus I. Pope Damasus I ( / ˈdæməsəs /; c. 305 – 11 December 384), known as Damasus of Rome, [1] was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that determined the canon or official list of sacred scripture. [2] He spoke out against major heresies (including Apollinarianism and ...
Damascus, Queensland. / -24.9252; 151.9788. Damascus is a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Damascus had a population of 97 people. [1]
Damascus, Maryland. / 39.25500°N 77.19528°W / 39.25500; -77.19528. Damascus is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. In the early 20th century, there existed an incorporated municipality lasting a quarter century. It had a population of 17,224 as of the 2020 census. [3]
The Damascus Document [a] is an ancient Hebrew text known from both the Cairo Geniza and the Dead Sea Scrolls. [4] [5] It is considered one of the foundational documents of the ancient Jewish community of Qumran. [3] The Damascus Document is a fragmentary text, no complete version of which survives. There have been attempts to reconstruct the ...
