Timeline of Damascus
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Damascus, Syria.
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- 965 BCE – Ezron, King of Aram-Zobah conquers Damascus
- 732 BCE – Neo-Assyrian Empire conquers Damascus
- 572 BCE – Neo-Babylonians conquered Damascus
- 4th century – Temple of Jupiter built by the Romans.
- 634 – Arab conquest of Damascus.
- 715 – Great Mosque built.
- 789 – Qubbat al-Khazna built.
- 1078 – Citadel of Damascus built.
- 1142 – Al-Mujahidiyah Madrasa established.
- 1154 – Nur al-Din Bimaristan built.
- 1196 – Mausoleum of Saladin built.
- 1215 – Al-Adiliyah Madrasa founded.
- 1216 – Citadel of Damascus rebuilt.
- 1224 – Al-Rukniyah Madrasa built.
- 1234 – Aqsab Mosque built.
- 1254 – Al-Qilijiyah Madrasa established.
- 1277 – Al-Zahiriyah Library established.
- 1400 – Timur, the Turco-Mongol conqueror, besieges Damascus.
- 1515 – Al-Sibaiyah Madrasa built.
- 1516 – Ottomans under Selim I conquered Damascus from the Mamluks.
- 1558 – Tekkiye Mosque built.
- 1566 – Al-Salimiyah Madrasa established.
- 1574 – Khan al-Harir built.
- 1605 - Printing press established.[2]
- 1736 – Khan Sulayman Pasha built.
- 1750 – Azm Palace built.
- 1752 – Khan As'ad Pasha built.
- 1885 – Bakdash (ice cream parlor) established.
20th century
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- 1918 – October: "Arab troops led by Emir Feisal, and supported by British forces, capture Damascus, ending 400 years of Ottoman rule."[3]
- 1920 – July: "French forces occupy Damascus, forcing Feisal to flee abroad."[3]
- 1923 – Damascus University founded.
- 1925-6 – "French forces bombard Damascus."[3]
- 1928 – Al-Wahda Club of Damascus founded.
- 1935 – Population: 193,912.[4]
- 1939 – Chapel of Saint Paul inaugurated.
- 1946 – Population: 303,952.[5]
- 1947 – Al-Jaish Sports Club founded.
- 1960 – Syrian Television begins broadcasting.
- 1961 – September: "Discontent with Egyptian domination of the United Arab Republic prompts a group of Syrian army officers to seize power in Damascus and dissolve the union."[3]
- 1977 – Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts founded.
- 1981 – Bomb explodes near Syrian Air Force headquarters.[6]
- 1983 – Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology founded.
- 1984 – Al-Assad National Library established.
21st century
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- 2000 – Damascus Spring
- 2004 – Damascus Opera House inaugurated.
- 2006
- 2009 – Damascus Securities Exchange founded.
- 2011
- March: Protest; crackdown.[7]
- Syrian civil war begins.
- 2012
See also
- Other cities in Syria
References
- ^ Josias Leslie Porter (1855), Five years in Damascus: Including an Account of the History, Topography, and Antiquities of That City, London: J. Murray, OCLC 399684
- ^ fr (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. H. Grevel & Co.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f BBC News (29 May 2012). "Timeline". Syria profile. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 278, OL 5812502M
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 485, OL 6112221M
- ^ "Damascus Bomb Blast Is Reported to Kill 20". New York Times. September 4, 1981. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Syria's War: An Interactive Timeline". Syria Deeply. New York: News Deeply. Retrieved September 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
Further reading
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Published in the 19th century
- H. A. S. Dearborn (1819), "Damascus", A Memoir on the Commerce and Navigation of the Black Sea, Boston: Wells & Lilly
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Josiah Conder (1824), "Damascus", Syria and Asia Minor, London: James Duncan, OCLC 8888382
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - John Fuller (1830), "Damascus", Narrative of a Tour Through Some Parts of the Turkish Empire, John Murray, OCLC 15470157
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Damascus". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Vol. 7. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Damascus". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Damascus". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 2. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - George Henry Townsend (1867), "Damascus", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Damascus", Cook's Tourists' Handbook for Palestine and Syria, London: T. Cook & Son, 1876
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Damascus", Palestine and Syria, Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1876
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help). 1898 ed. - Èmile Isambert (1881). "Damas". Itinéraire descriptif, historique et archéologique de l'Orient. Guides Joanne (in French). Vol. 3: Syrie, Palestine.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Guy Le Strange (1890), "Damascus", Palestine under the Moslems: a description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500, London: A.P. Watt
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Published in the 20th century
- "Damascus", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - D.S. Margoliouth (1907), Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus, London: Chatto & Windus
- "Damascus", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Damascus", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - R. Stephen Humphreys. "Urban Topography and Urban Society: Damascus under the Ayyubids and Mamluks." In his, Islamic History: A Framework for Inquiry. Minneapolis, 1988. Pp. 209-32.
- Michael Chamberlain, Knowledge and Social Practice in Medieval Damascus, 1190-1350. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. 27-68.
Published in the 21st century
- John Block Friedman; Kristen Mossler Figg (2000). "Damascus". Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 146+. ISBN 978-1-135-59094-9.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Damascus". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Damascus". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 107–125. ISBN 9004153888.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Michael R.T. Dumper and Bruce E. Stanley, ed. (2008), "Damascus", Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 119+, ISBN 9781576079195
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Damascus". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. pp. 513–517. ISBN 9780195309911.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters (2009). "Damascus". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
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External links
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- ArchNet. "Damascus". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Michel Ecochard. "Damascus Albums". Regional Surveys. ArchNet. circa 1930s
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