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Syria

Also known as Syrian

Syria is a historical region of the eastern Mediterranean, lying between Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Arabia and Egypt. Its cities, trade routes and fertile lands made it one of the most contested regions in history, fought over by the Hittite, Egyptian, Assyrian, Seleucid, Ptolemaic, Roman and Byzantine powers. In the Islamic period it was the heartland of the Umayyad Caliphate, with its capital at Damascus, and later a core territory of the Ayyubid and Mamluk states.

Syria
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Mentioned in 6 state histories

Ikhshidid emirateSeljuk Sultanate of SyriaSeljuk Emirate of AleppoAyyubid Emirate of AleppoSanjak of AlexandrettaSyrian Arab Republic

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Syria. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/syria
MLA
“Syria.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/syria. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Syria.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/syria.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Syria’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/syria (Accessed: ).

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