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Syria of Damascus (region)

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The region around Damascus, including Mt. Lebanon, south of Coele-Syria, and north of Palestine

Names

  • Latin: Syria Damasci 1
  • Latin: Syria Libanica 2

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Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 1-2 c.1280c.128414th C1864

Sources

  • 1Syria Damasci: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 2. 4. [Latin].
  • 2Syria Libanica: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 2. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “Syria of Damascus” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/18006.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: categorization from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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