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c. 6000 BCESettlement of Tell Brak founded in Syria.
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c. 3000 BCE - c. 2300 BCEThe Semitic Kish culture is dominant in the area of modern-day Syria. This culure is exemplified by Ebla and the Cities I and II of Mari.
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c. 3000 BCETrade already established between Syria and Egypt.
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c. 3000 BCECity of Ebla founded in Syria.
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c. 3000 BCE - c. 2900 BCEMari, the earliest known planned city, is built near the eastern bank of the Euphrates.
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2334 BCE - 2279 BCEReign of Sargon the Great of Akkad who conquers Syria.
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c. 2240 BCENaram-Sin of Akkad campaigns against the Amorites in northern Syria.
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1344 BCE - 1322 BCEReign of the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I. Hittites conquer Syria.
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1274 BCEBattle of Kadesh between Pharaoh Ramesses II of Egypt and King Muwatalli II of the Hittites.
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c. 1245 BCEAssyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I defeats Hittites at Nihriya. Assyrians rule Syria.
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c. 1200 BCERegion of Syria invaded by Sea Peoples.
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912 BCE - 612 BCESyria is part of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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605 BCE - 549 BCEBabyon rules over Syria.
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549 BCE - 300 BCEThe Persian Achaemenid Empire rules Syria.
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332 BCEAlexander the Great conquers Phoenicia and turns toward Egypt.
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312 BCE - 83 BCESyria under the rule of Seleucid Empire.
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274 BCE - 271 BCEThe first Syrian war, marking the beginning of the contest between the Ptolemies and the Seleucids for Phoenicia and Coele-Syria.
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83 BCETigranes the Great of Armenia liberates Syria and rules the region.
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64 BCEPompey the Great claims Syria for Rome.
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63 BCEJerash in Jordan becomes part of the Roman province of Syria.
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66 CE - 73 CESyrian troops participate in the First Jewish-Roman War.
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c. 115 CE - c. 116 CERoman Empire annexes Syria.
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c. 125 CE - c. 180 CELife of the Rhetorician and Satirist Lucian of Samosata, an Hellenized Syrian writing in Attic Greek during the Second Sophistic.
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132 CE - 136 CESyrian troops under Rome suppress the Bar Kokhba Revolt.
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476 CEFall of the Western Roman Empire. Syria continues under Eastern (Byzantine)Empire.
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637 CEMuslim forces defeat the Byzantine army. Syria becomes part of Rashidun Caliphate.
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970 CEThe Treaty of Safar makes Aleppo a client state of the Byzantine Empire.
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975 CEJohn I Tzimiskes invades Syria, conquering several cities and forcing neighboring Muslim states such as Damascus to pay tribute to the Byzantines.
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c. 1141 CEThe Assassins occupy Masyaf castle in Syria.
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Dec 1259 CEThe Mongols besiege and capture Aleppo in Syria.
