Syria

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Syria

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• Cadet Mullens

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Area185,180 sq km, slightly larger than North
Dakota land 184,050 sq km water
1,130 sq km Terrain primarily semiarid and
desert plateau narrow coastal plain mountains
in west. lowest point unnamed location near
Lake Tiberius -200 m highest point Mount Hermon
2,814 m Climate
mostly desert hot, dry, sunny summers (June to
August) and mild, rainy winters (December to
February) along coast cold weather with snow or
sleet periodically in Damascus.
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chief of state President Bashar
al-ASAD unicameral People's Council or Majlis
al-shaab (250 seats members elected by popular
vote to serve four-year terms) elections last
held 2-3 March 2003 (next to be held NA 2007)
election results percent of vote by party - NPF
67, independents 33 seats by party - NPF 167,
independents 83 note - the constitution
guarantees that the Ba'th Party (part of the NPF
alliance) receives one-half of the seats
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A traditional method of plowing, near Menbij,
Syria. Such methods are still used in countries
where mechanized farming is rare, and in
developing countries where mechanization is
common but the animals can still be used on very
small plots or where the ground is too muddy to
support a tractor.
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War tools of syria
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Syrian war tank

• This Iraqi T-72 tank was captured during the
  Persian Gulf War. T-72s were exported to the
  former Warsaw member states, India, Iran, Syria,
  Algeria, Kuwait, Libya, Finland and
  Yugoslavia.In the background is a U.S. M-60 Main
  Battle Tank.

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A war memorial in a cemetery near As Suwayda
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• For more than 4,000 years the area known as Syria
  has been populated by successive waves of Semitic
  peoples, including nomadic tribes. It has also
  been a battleground for myriad conquerors,
  including Akkadians, Assyrians, Hittites,
  Babylonians, Egyptians, Persians, Macedonian
  Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, European
  Crusaders, Kurds, Ottomans, and the French.
  Countless dynasties, whether local or foreign,
  have ruled the area From the time of the Arab
  conquest in the seventh century A.D. until it
  became part of the Ottoman Empire in the
  sixteenth century, the region was repeatedly
  invaded, occupied, merged, and fragmented. Syrian
  armed units were formed under the Umayyad
  caliphate during the eighth century A.D. and for
  the next 100 years played an important role in
  the Arab campaign against the Byzantine Empire

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• Bosra is an extremely ancient city mentioned in
  lists of Tutmose III and Akhenatcn in the
  fourteenth century BC. The first Nabataean city
  in the 2nd century BC, it bore the name Buhora,
  and then Bustra during Hellenistic period. Later
  the Romans took an active interest in the city,
  and at time of Emperor Trajan it was made the
  capital of the Province of Arabia (in 106 BC) and
  was called Neatrajana Bustra.

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• The city flourished when became a crossroads on
  the caravan routes and the official seat and
  residence of the Imperial Legate. After the
  decline of the Roman Empire, Bosra played a
  significant role in the history of early
  Christianity. It was also linked to the rise of
  Islam, when a Nestorian monk called Bahira met
  the young Mohammad (pbuh) when his caravan
  stopped at Bosra, and predicted his prophetic
  vocation and the faith he was going to initiate.

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