Syria
There are 323 items in Syria:
Euphrates
Euphrates (Greek Εὐφράτης): river in ancient Mesopotamia. The Euphrates at Birecik (Turkey) The Euphrates is the longest river of the Near East: it…
Family tree of the later Seleucids (according to Hoover) |
Gobryas (satrap)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): satrap of Babylonia and the countries "across the river" (Euphrates). Achaemenid nobleman Gobryas was appointed in his important…Philip
Philip: Jewish leader, ruled between 4 BCE and 34 CE in the southwest of what is now Syria. Division of Herod's…High Place of Worship
High Place of Worship: modern name for the ancient mountain sanctuaries in the Near East. Petra, High Place of Worship Although the…Hittites
Hittites: ancient nation in Central Anatolia, named after their capital Hattusa, builders of one of the great Bronze Age empires.Origin Kaneš, the…Legio I Illyricorum
Legio I Illyricorum: one of the legions of the later Roman empire. Its name means "legion of the Illyrians". Coin of…Legio I Parthica
Legio I Parthica: one of the Roman legions. Its name indicates that it was recruited to fight against the Parthians. Septimius…
The ancient Near East |
Map of Alexander's Levantine Campaign |
Map of Alexander's Mesopotamian Campaigns |
Armenia and its neighbors |