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Syria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (5673 words) |
 | Syria is significant in the history of Christianity; Paul was converted on the Road to Damascus and established the first organized Christian Church at Antioch in ancient Syria (now in Turkey), from which he left on many of his missionary journeys. |
| Damascus, a city that has been inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BC, is known to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world (along with Varanasi, Aleppo and Jericho). |
| Syria consists mostly of arid plateau, although the northwest part of the country bordering the Mediterranean is fairly green. |
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