Taken on June 21 1941 by the Anglo-French Gentforce, this city was taken in 613 by Chosroes with the help of some uppity Jews after Byzantine Emperor Heraclius botched its defense.
Taken on June 21 1941 by the Anglo-French Gentforce, this city was taken in 613 by Chosroes with the help of some uppity Jews after Byzantine Emperor Heraclius botched its defense. A shrine it its largest mosque – one of oldest continuously used in the world – is said to contain the head of John the Baptist. Its "Tower of Heads" square references its sack by Tamerlane in 1400, and in 1925 the French bombed large portions of it during a Druze revolt. This site of a disastrous attack in 1148 during the Second Crusade was taken by Omar, the second caliph, in 636 and used as the capital of the Umayyad Empire. FTP, identify this longest continuously inhabited city on Earth which is today the capital of Syria.
Taken on June 21 1941 by the Anglo-French Gentforce, this city was taken in 613 by Chosroes with the help of some uppity Jews after Byzantine Emperor Heraclius botched its defense.
{Damascus} or {Dimashq} or {Ash-Sham}