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_{The place names within its boundaries all evoke the story of mankind at its beginnings, and bring back legends of  grandeur.}

 _{Damascus, Aleppo,   Hama and Latakia.....he hillocks of Syria, which become covered with  wild flowers in spring, hide their real} 

_{In Tel Mardikh another dig brought to light the city of Ebla, which has amazed archeologists and historians and continues to offer mysteries  to be deciphered. In Ras Shamra, the discovery of Ugarit took place, which proved to be the wellspring of learning for mankind .}

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_{Tel Halaf, Tel Ahmar, Tel Khouweira, Tel al-Ramad, Tel Sokas, Tel H'bouba : these are some of the hillocks in Syria that enclose within themselves kingdoms as oysters enclose pearls. The beginnings of Agriculture first appeared in Syria thousands of years ago. Man here discovered the method of linking water and wheat; the possibility of growing from one seed millions of new plants. It is the moment of that discovery, as J. bronowski sees it, that civilization began.}

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_{It is then that the settled life began, and the strong tie to the tilled land. Man abandoned his cave then, and began building building houses to lodge in, and setting up communities that would make him into a social being. He began looking inward at his own spirit, and soon began composing the first religious chants.}

_{In Syria, Man discovered the secrets of metallurgy : the possibility of hammering bronze and copper into shapes that would serve his domestic, military, and later aesthetic needs.}

_{Life in Ancient Syria prospered as Man continued to discover and create: In Mari there arose a city that was a flourishing center of trade and craftsmanship. In Ugarit, the first alphabet was invented. In Ebla, the Ancient Word's largest library was uncovered, containing records of every conceivable public transaction: the mercantile, the diplomatic, the political, affairs of war and of industry, of agriculture and of art. Ebla's sovereignty spread from the Anatolian mountains in the north, to Sinai in the south. It became famous throughout the contemporary world for two particular light industries: the manufacture of silk cloth with gold thread, and finely carved wood inlaid with ivory and with mother of pearl. ( It is worth noting that even today, in modern Syria, these two industries still prosper, for Syrian brocade, and wooden mosaics, continue to be fashioned according to the ancient traditions once prominent in Ebla ).}

_{The land of Syria saw the dawn of civilization. It also saw many conquests that descended from the Anatolian mountains or that arrived at its shores from the sea. This was due to its strategic position as a crossroad to the Ancient World. The original inhabitants, who had migrated from the Arabian Peninsula, settled throughout Syria; in the fertile Crescent, and down towards the Palestinian coastline and Sinai. They were referred to as the Akkadians, as the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Phoenicians, the Arameans, and finally the Ghassanids, depending on the time of their migrations and the place of their settlement. These original settlers conserved their characteristics despite the innumerable conquests ( Greek, Roman, Persian ) that they were to see. In the 636 A.D., when the Arabs came to Syria, again from the Peninsula that had given it its first inhabitants, they gave it their language and their new religion, both of which were to endure in Arab Syria.}

_{Although Syria has a wealth of historical treasures, it has not become completely engrossed in its past. It is a developing nation, with a responsibility to its future, and is building factories, hospitals, dams, and schools as well as excavating its archeological sites. It is Syria that the past merges with the future in order to ensure, for its inhabitants a continuity in their national heritage and their historical treasures.}