Dead Cities, the Glossary

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1. 66 relations: Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man, Al-Dana, Syria, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Archaeological site, Babisqa, Babuline, Banabil, Baqirha, Bara, Syria, Barad, Syria, Barish al-Shamali, Barisha, Harem District, Basufan, Batuta, Syria, Behyo, Bshendlaya - Rashadiya, Byzantine Empire, Chris Wickham, Christianity, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, Cyrrhus, Deir Sunbul, Idlib, Ebla, Ein Laruz, Fafertin, Farkya, Framing the Early Middle Ages, Hamdanid dynasty, Harim Mountains, Hazarin, Idlib, Idlib Governorate, Jabal Zawiya, Jarada, Julian of Antioch, Kafr Aruq, Kafr Dariyan, Kimar, Syria, Ksegbe, Kurd Mountain, Late antiquity, Limestone Massif, List of World Heritage in Danger, Maghara, Mardikh, Maron, Mount Simeon, Mozra, Olive oil, ... Expand index (16 more) »

2. Churches destroyed by Muslims
3. World Heritage Sites in Syria

Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man

Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man (الدانا) is a Syrian village located in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib.

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Al-Dana, Syria

Al-Dana (ad-Dānā) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located north of Idlib, 38 kilometers west of Aleppo, and just east of the border with Turkey.

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Aleppo

Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria. Dead Cities and Aleppo are world Heritage Sites in Syria.

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Aleppo Governorate

Aleppo Governorate (محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab /) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria.

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Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Babisqa

Babisqa (بابسقا) is a village in the Dead Cities of northwestern Syria.

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Babuline

Babuline (بابولين) is a Syrian village located in Hish Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib.

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Banabil

Banabil (بنابل, also spelled Benabel or Bnabel) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Harem District of the Idlib Governorate.

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Baqirha

Baqirha, Bāķirḥā; was an ancient settlement in the Dead Cities area in northwest Syria.

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Bara, Syria

Bara or al-Bara (بارة) is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria. Dead Cities and Bara, Syria are former populated places in Syria.

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Barad, Syria

Barad (براد) is a mountainous village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo.

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Barish al-Shamali

Barish al-Shamali (باريش) is a village in northwestern Syria, in Harem District. Dead Cities and Barish al-Shamali are former populated places in Syria.

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Barisha, Harem District

Barisha (بَارِيشَا, Bārīšā; also spelled Baricha and Barischa) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of Harem District in the Idlib Governorate.

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Basufan

Basufan (باصوفان) (sometimes spelled Bassoûfâne, Bassoufane, Bosoufane, Bāşūfān) is an ancient village located in northwestern Syria.

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Batuta, Syria

Batuta (باطوطة), is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem’an region of the Dead Cities.

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Behyo

Behyo (بحيو) is a village in northwestern Syria, located on the Jebel al’Ala region of the Dead Cities.

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Bshendlaya - Rashadiya

Bshendlaya - Rashadiya (بشندلايا رشادية) is a Syrian village located in Kafr Takharim Nahiyah in Harem District, Idlib.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Chris Wickham

Christopher John Wickham (born 18 May 1950) is a British historian and academic.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Church of Saint Simeon Stylites

The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Kanīsat Mār Simʿān el-ʿAmūdī) is one of the oldest surviving church complexes, founded in the 5th century. Dead Cities and church of Saint Simeon Stylites are world Heritage Sites in Syria.

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Cyrrhus

Cyrrhus (Kyrrhos) is a city in ancient Syria founded by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Dead Cities and Cyrrhus are former populated places in Syria.

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Deir Sunbul, Idlib

Deir Sunbul, Idlib (دير سنبل) is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib.

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Ebla

Ebla (Sumerian: eb₂-la, إبلا., modern: تل مرديخ, Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Dead Cities and Ebla are former populated places in Syria.

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Ein Laruz

Ein Laruz (عين لاروز) is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib.

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Fafertin

Faftertin is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem’an region of the Dead Cities. Dead Cities and Fafertin are world Heritage Sites in Syria.

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Farkya

Farkya (فركيا) is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib.

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Framing the Early Middle Ages

Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400–800 is a 2005 history book by English historian Christopher Wickham at the University of Oxford.

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Hamdanid dynasty

The Hamdanid dynasty (al-Ḥamdāniyyūn) was a Shia Muslim Arab dynasty of Northern Mesopotamia and Syria (890–1004).

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Harim Mountains

Harim Mountains (Jabal Ḥārim) are highlands in the north of Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria.

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Hazarin

Hazarin (حزارين, also spelled Hazzarin) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate, located 60 kilometers southwest of Idlib.

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Idlib

Idlib (ʾIdlib,; also spelt Idleb or Edlib) is a city in northwestern Syria, and is the capital of the Idlib Governorate.

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Idlib Governorate

Idlib Governorate (مُحافظة ادلب / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Idlib) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria.

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Jabal Zawiya

Mount Zāwiya (Jabal az-Zāwiyah) or Mount Rīḥā (Jabal Rīḥā) (also in medieval times: Banī-ʻUlaym Mountain (Jabal Banī-ʻUlaym) is a highland region in Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Around 36 towns and villages exist in the Mount Zawiya region. The biggest towns are Rīḥā (Arīḥā) and Maʻarrat an-Nuʻmān.

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Jarada

Jarada (جرادة) is a village in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib Governorate, Syria.

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Julian of Antioch

Julian of Antioch (Julianus, Greek: Ίουλιανός; AD 305 311), variously distinguished as and was a 4th-century Christian martyr and saint.

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Kafr Aruq

Kafr Aruq (كفر عروق) is a Syrian village located in Qurqania Nahiyah in Harem District, Idlib.

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Kafr Dariyan

Kafr Dariyan (كفردريان also spelled Kfar Drian) is a village in Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate.

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Kimar, Syria

Kimar (كيمار; Kîmar) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Afrin District of the Aleppo Governorate, located northwest of Aleppo.

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Ksegbe

Ksejbe, also Kseibjeh, (Arabic) is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Barisha region of the Dead Cities.

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Kurd Mountain

Kurd Mountain or Kurd Dagh (jabal al-ʾakrād; Kürt Dağı, officially Kurt Dağı; Çiyayê Kurmênc) is a highland region in northwestern Syria and southeastern Turkey.

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Late antiquity

Late antiquity is sometimes defined as spanning from the end of classical antiquity to the local start of the Middle Ages, from around the late 3rd century up to the 7th or 8th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin depending on location.

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Limestone Massif

The Limestone Massif (from French Le Massif Calcaire) or Belus Massif is the highlands on the western part of the Aleppo plateau in northwestern Syria.

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List of World Heritage in Danger

The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention,Full title: Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage which was established in 1972 to designate and manage World Heritage Sites. Dead Cities and List of World Heritage in Danger are world Heritage Sites in Danger.

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Maghara

Maghara (المغارة) is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib.

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Mardikh

Mardikh (مرديخ) (Mardhuk in Sanskrit) is a village in the Idlib Governorate of Syria.

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Maron

Maron, also called Maroun or Maro (ܡܪܘܢ,; مَارُون; Maron; Μάρων), was a 4th-century Syrian Syriac Christian hermit monk in the Taurus Mountains whose followers, after his death, founded a religious Christian movement that became known as the Maronite Church, in full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church.

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Mount Simeon

Mount Simeon or Mount Simon (جبل سمعان Jabal Simʻān), also called Mount Laylūn (جبل ليلون, is a highland region in Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The mountain is located in the Mount Simeon and Aʻzāz districts of Aleppo Governorate. It is named for Symeon the Stylite a Christian who lived atop a column in the region for 37 years and for whom a large monastery complex was established.

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Mozra

Mozra (الموزرة) is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib.

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Olive oil

Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained by pressing whole olives, the fruit of Olea europaea, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, and extracting the oil.

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Qalb Loze

Qalb Loze (قلب لوزة, also spelled Qalb Lawzah or Qalb Lozeh) is a Druze village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate located about west of Aleppo. Dead Cities and Qalb Loze are former populated places in Syria.

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Qirqbize

Qirqbize ((Arabic قرقبيزه) also Kirkbize or Kirkbizeh) was an early Byzantine settlement in northwest Syria.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Saints Cosmas and Damian

Cosmas and Damian (translit; translit; Cosmas et Damianus; – or AD) were two Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs.

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Sarmada

Sarmada (سرمدا) is a town in the Harem District, Idlib Governorate of Syria.

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Serjilla

Serjilla (سيرجيلة) is one of the best preserved of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria, containing about 700 sites. Dead Cities and Serjilla are former populated places in Syria.

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Shinan, Syria

Schnann (شنان) is a village located in the eastern side of Jebel az-Zawiya in Syria.

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Surqaniya

Surqaniya (سرقانيا) is a village in northwestern Syria, in the Jebel Sem’an region of the Dead Cities.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Taladah

Taladah (تلعادة also spelled Tell Adah) is a village in Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate.

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Turmanin

Turmanin (ترمانين) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located north of Idlib.

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Umayyad Caliphate

The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Zarzita

Zarzita (زرزيتا) is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Jalaqa region of the Dead Cities.

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See also

Churches destroyed by Muslims

• Armenian Genocide Memorial Church, Der Zor
• Cathedral of Saint George, Prizren
• Church of Cassian
• Church of Saint Ahudemmeh, Tikrit
• Dead Cities
• Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Vevčani
• Forty Martyrs Cathedral
• Jolo Cathedral
• Mogadishu Cathedral
• Monastery of Saint Elijah
• Monastery of St. Elian
• Our Lady of the Hour Church
• St. George the Great Martyr and Victory Bearer Church, Vevčani

World Heritage Sites in Syria

• Aleppo
• Ancient Aleppo
• Bosra
• Church of Saint Simeon Stylites
• Citadel of Aleppo
• Damascus
• Dead Cities
• Fafertin
• Krak des Chevaliers
• List of World Heritage Sites in Syria
• List of heritage sites damaged during the Syrian civil war
• Old city of Damascus
• Palmyra
• Sahyun Castle
• Walls of Palmyra
• Ziad Zukkari

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Cities

Also known as Ancient Villages of Northern Syria, Ruweiha.

, Qalb Loze, Qirqbize, Roman Empire, Saints Cosmas and Damian, Sarmada, Serjilla, Shinan, Syria, Surqaniya, Syria, Syrian civil war, Taladah, Turmanin, Umayyad Caliphate, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, Zarzita.