Atlas of Syria

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Syria

سوريا العربية سوريا - الجمهورية العربية السورية تقع الجمهورية العربية السورية في جنوب غرب آسيا على الساحل الشرقي للبحر المتوسط. يحدها من الشمال تركيا، من الشرق العراق، من الجنوب الأردن وإسرائيل ومن الغرب لبنان والبحر المتوسط على امتداد 183 كم من الساحل.} English Syria - Syrian Arab Republic The Syrian Arab Republic is a country in the Middle East, bordering ► Lebanon to the west, ► Israel to the southwest, ► Jordan to the south, ► Iraq (with ► Kurdistan) to the east, and ► Turkey to the north. The modern state of Syria attained independence from the French mandate of Syria in 1936, but can trace its historical roots to the fourth millenium BC; its capital city, Damascus, was the seat of the Umayyad Empire and a provincial capital of the Mameluke Empire. Other languages Français: La Syrie est un pays arabe du Moyen-Orient, situé géographiquement en Asie occidentale. Son nom officiel est République Arabe Syrienne. La Syrie se nommait au siècle passé, chez certains habitants de la région, Bilad al-Cham. Cette région fut un temps regroupée et comprenait la Syrie actuelle, le Liban actuel, la Jordanie actuelle, la Palestine (actuels territoires palestiniens et israéliens). Auparavant encore, ces pays étaient distinctement l’antique Phénicie, l'antique Royaume d'Israël (jusqu'à l'Euphrate), la Palestine, l’Assyrie et une partie de la Mésopotamie occidentale. Kurdî/كورد: Sûrî, welat û dewletek di rojhilata navîn de e. Li wir nêzîkî 18 milyon kes hene. հայերեն լեզու: Սիրիա (արաբերեն՝ سوريا Սուրիա, կամ سوري Սուրիահ), կամ Սիրիական Արաբական Հանրապետությունը (արաբերեն՝ الجمهورية العربية السورية Ալ-Ջումհուրիահ ալ-Արաբիյահ աս-Սուրիահ) երկիր մըն է Ասիայի հարավ-արևմտքում, Միջերկրականի ափում: Արևմտքում նա սահմանակից է Լիբանանի, հարավ-արևմտքում՝ Իսրայելի, հարավում՝ Հորդանանի, արևելքում՝ Իրաքի եւ հյուսիսում՝ Թուրքիայի: Սիրիայի արդիական երկիրը նախապես Ֆրանսիական հպատակության տակ կը լիներ ու ստացաւ անկախություն 1946 թվում: Սակայն, ան ունի շուրջ 6000 տարվու արմատներ: Սիրիայի մայրաքաղաքը՝ Դամասկոսը, կարևորագոյն քաղաք կը դվեր նախկին իսլամական կայսրություններից: Short name  Syria Official  name Syrian Arab Republic Status Independent country since 1936, recognized 1946 Location Middle East Capital دمشق (Damascus) Population 19,043,000 inhabitants Area 183,885 km² Major  languages Arabic (official), Kurdish Major  religions Islam More information Syria, Geography of Syria, History of Syria and Politics of Syria More  images Syria - Syria (Category).

General maps

Map of Syria

Map of Syria in Arabic

Map of Syria in French

Map of Syria

Governorates of Syria

Districts of Syria

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  Districts of Al-Hasakah

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  Districts of Aleppo

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  Districts of Ar-Raqqah

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  Districts of As-Suwayda

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  Districts of Daraa

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  Districts of Deir ez-Zor

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  Districts of Hama

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  Districts of Homs

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  Districts of Idlib

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  Districts of Latakia

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  Districts of Quneitra

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  Districts of Rif Dimashq

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  Districts of Tartous

Map of the Golan Heights

Map of the Kurdish inhabited areas

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Syria, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Syria.

Fertile Crescent

Akkadian Empire around 2000 BCE

The Hittite Empire (red) at the height of its power in ca. 1290 BC, bordering on the Egyptian Empire (green)

Hittite Empire

The Assyrian Empire in the 9th to 7th centuries BC

Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire

Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Chaldean Empire around 600 BCE)

The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:    Kingdom of Ptolemy    Kingdom of Cassander    Kingdom of Lysimachus    Kingdom of Seleucus    Epirus Other states:    Carthage    Rome    Greek colonies

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

The Parthian Empire (250 BCE-226 CE)

Map of Parthia 100 BC

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present

Roman conquest of Minor Asia

Roman Republic 100 BCE

Map of the Roman Empire in 50

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;    133 BC    44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)    AD 14 (death of Augustus)    117 (maximum extension)

Roman province of Syria

Camps of the Roman Legions in 80

Map of the Roman Empire in 116

Roman Empire in 117

Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.

The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.    Western Roman Empire    Eastern Roman Empire

Division of the Roman Empire in 406

Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire Roman Empires, c.476

Eastern Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus

Byzantine Empire 550

Indo-Sassanide Empire

The Persian Sassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control.

Sassanide Empire

Sassanide Empire

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

The Seljuq Empire 1037-1194

The Crusader States

Ayyubid dynasty in 1189

The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt, Libya and Syria)

United Arab Republic

1967 Six Day War

Yom Kippur War 1973

Golan Heights

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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