Damascus
Syria's oldest city
Damascus is the capital of Syria and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
The name appears in biblical and historical contexts spanning millennia.
A Damascus blade or Damascus steel refers to metal with distinctive wavy patterns, historically prized for swords and knives.
The road to Damascus, from the biblical story of Paul's conversion, describes a sudden, transformative revelation: His diagnosis was a road-to-Damascus moment.
Levant country, capital Damascus
- AleppoSyria's largest city
- AssadSyrian ruling surname
- LevantEastern Mediterranean coastal region
- Middle EastAsia-Africa-Europe junction zone
Arab · government · Old City · bazaar · souks · medina · citadel · mosque
Domestic armed conflict
- bombingAttack with explosives
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- destructionAct of completely ruining
rubble · humanitarian · displacement · airstrikes · shelling · evacuation · crisis · ceasefire
Act of changing states
- SaulBiblical king's name
- PaulBiblical letter-writer
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- epiphanySudden profound insight
Acts · apostle · vision · blindness · transformation · Christianity · New Testament · pilgrimage
Flat cutting edge
- swordHilted fighting blade
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
- metalworkShaped metal objects
legendary · watered · crucible · smithing · swordsmith · cutting edge · resilience · craftsmanship
Raised-pattern luxury fabric
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
- inlayEmbedded surface ornamentation
woodwork · marquetry · mother-of-pearl · artisan · handmade · traditional · copperware · glassblowing
Earliest continuously inhabited place
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- Umayyad CaliphateEarly Islamic dynastic empire
- SaladinTwelfth-century sultan, Jerusalem's captor
antiquity · millennia · archaeological · ruins · temple · historical · civilization · heritage
Syria
Levant country, capital Damascus
Middle East · Arab · government · Old City · bazaar · souks · medina · citadel · mosque · minaret
civil war
Domestic armed conflict
- bombingAttack with explosives
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
destruction · rubble · humanitarian · displacement · airstrikes · shelling · evacuation · crisis · ceasefire · rebuilding
conversion
Act of changing states
- SaulBiblical king's name
- PaulBiblical letter-writer
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
epiphany · Acts · apostle · vision · blindness · transformation · Christianity · New Testament · pilgrimage
blade
Flat cutting edge
- swordHilted fighting blade
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
metalwork · legendary · watered · crucible · smithing · swordsmith · cutting edge · resilience · craftsmanship · metalworking
brocade
Raised-pattern luxury fabric
inlay · woodwork · marquetry · mother-of-pearl · artisan · handmade · traditional · copperware · glassblowing · embroidery
oldest city
Earliest continuously inhabited place
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- Umayyad CaliphateEarly Islamic dynastic empire
Saladin · antiquity · millennia · archaeological · ruins · temple · historical · civilization · heritage · Paul
- Desert CitiesAbu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh, Doha, Las Vegas
- Islamic historycaliphates, Quran, Umayyad Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate, caliphate
- Arab-Israeli WarsSix-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Suez Crisis, war of attrition, Israel
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- LevantSyria, Aleppo, Beirut, Jordan, Lebanon
- Levant GeographyGaza, West Bank, Galilee, Judea, Samaria
- road to DamascusSudden profound conversion
- Damascus roadTransformative revelation experience
- Damascus steelPatterned historic sword metal