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Aleppo (/əˈlɛpoʊ/; Arabic: ﺣﻠﺐ / ALA-LC: Ḥalab, IPA: [ˈħalab]) is a city in Syria, serving as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Syrian governorate.[6] For centuries, Aleppo was the Syrian region's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third-largest, after Constantinople and Cairo.[7][8][9] With an official population of 2,132,100 (2004 census), it was Syria's largest city and also one of the largest cities in the Levant before the advent of the Syrian Civil War.[10][11][12]
Aleppo is an ancient metropolis, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it may have been inhabited since the 6th millennium BC.[13] Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari, just south of the old city of Aleppo, show that the area was occupied since at least the latter part of the 3rd millennium BC;[14] and this is also when Aleppo is first mentioned in cuneiform tablets unearthed in Ebla and Mesopotamia, in which it is noted for its commercial and military proficiency.[15] Such a long history is attributed to its strategic location as a trading center midway between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia (i.e. modern Iraq).
The city's significance in history has been its location at one end of the Silk Road, which passed through central Asia and Mesopotamia. When the Suez Canal was inaugurated in 1869, trade was diverted to sea and Aleppo began its slow decline. At the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, Aleppo ceded its northern hinterland to modern Turkey, as well as the important railway connecting it to Mosul. In the 1940s it lost its main access to the sea, Antioch and Alexandretta, also to Turkey. Finally, the isolation of Syria in the past few decades further exacerbated the situation. This decline may have helped to preserve the old city of Aleppo, its medieval architecture and traditional heritage. It won the title of the "Islamic Capital of Culture 2006", and has had a wave of successful restorations of its historic landmarks.
Since the Battle of Aleppo started in 2012, the city has suffered massive destruction,[16] and has been the worst-hit city in the Syrian civil war.[17] It is currently split between the (government-held) Western part of Syria and the rebel-held east.[12]
SPunky I did not think you lived in Syria. I thought you gave me some good info which I looked up to see what it meant. Thanks. It was interesting and I should know this stuff.
I guess I don't need to know it but what's his name from Arizona sure needed to know.
This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at October 27, 2016 12:50 AM MDT
It is not about having a prayer. It is about spiltting off the many republicans who would otherwise vote for Trump out of party loyalty, even though they find him 'despicable' ;-)).
The way Hillary is being talked down, he might even get some democrat votes. Who know he might even win that way.
This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at October 27, 2016 1:10 AM MDT
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