It is widely believed among researchers that the original inhabitants of Syria are the Omorites and the Canaanites, whose civilization dates back more than five thousand years.
During this period, more than twenty-five civilizations lived in the Levant before settling in the lap of intimate Arabism.
The Amur were probably very well-built, light-skin, and their features made a few dozen archeologists classify them as Aryan, but most others consider them to be native Syrian accents and believe they were communicating with one of the region's oldest dialects.
The Amur were probably very well-built, light-skin, and their features made a few dozen archeologists classify them as Aryan, but most others consider them to be native Syrian accents and believe they were communicating with one of the region's oldest dialects.
A number discovered in Aibla and Mary, two important archeological sites in Syria and dating back to the pre-1000 B.C., shows the features of a genuine Syrian empire, which had strong, sophisticated, and civilized powers, and which controlled Syria and the countries of Mesopotamia,
Anadolu, and Persia. A fundamental change in historians' perception of ancient history has occurred in recent years, as Jonathan Top of the British Museum put it:
“We now see the Amorites stretching to Mesopotamia and influencing events there rather than the opposite.”
The Omurites had major cities, the most important of which were Aibla, Aram (Aleppo), Mary (perhaps their first capital), and Babylon.
The Omurites had major cities, the most important of which were Aibla, Aram (Aleppo), Mary (perhaps their first capital), and Babylon.
Their main achievements were that they introduced the concept of the rule of law and replaced the political system based on the mandates of cities and inherited from the old world with the system of kingdoms.
Thus, humans, lands, and cattle no longer belong freely to the gods, temples, and the king, but the monarchy is open to all, paving the way for the birth of a new community of farmers, free citizens, the creative merchants and the society that has continued through the ages.
At that time, the people became, for the first time in the history of humanity, ruled by the rule of law — the Law of Hammurabi the King of Babylon, the Amur, which was adopted by the year 1750 B.C.
In other words, if it weren't for Syria and for the Amorites, there would be neither the Babylonian Hamurabi nor the state of law that laid its foundations.
As for the Canaanites (whom the Phoenician Greeks called them), they were the second and comparable Syrian people, who lived in the south and coast of the Levant. Kanaan emerged as a political unit composed of a flexible confederation of city states during the third millennium BC.
As for the Canaanites (whom the Phoenician Greeks called them), they were the second and comparable Syrian people, who lived in the south and coast of the Levant. Kanaan emerged as a political unit composed of a flexible confederation of city states during the third millennium BC.
The main cities of the Canaanites emerged in the form of kingdoms in Damascus and the coastal cities of the Levant, from Akka to Tire, Sidon, Byblos, Rawad, and Ugarit, as well as in Palestine and all the way to Kadesh in central Syria.
The main achievement of the Canaanites was unquestioned in finding the alphabet of first-letter writing compared with previous texts based on syllables.
The main achievement of the Canaanites was unquestioned in finding the alphabet of first-letter writing compared with previous texts based on syllables.
This Canaanite alphabet was abbreviated by the first Amurian of the first thousand B.C.E: The Aramaics, to become the basis of the Aramaic language that has dominated the whole east of Egypt to Persia for a thousand years (the language of Jesus Christ).
In other words, if it were not for Syria or the Canaanites, there would not be Ugarit and its first alphabet, from which all the alphabet was produced.
Certainly, the Ammonites and the Canaanites were the main ones who relied on commerce. Over more than two thousand years,
Certainly, the Ammonites and the Canaanites were the main ones who relied on commerce. Over more than two thousand years,
They managed the commercial crossing to the Mediterranean Sea — the great Amur (Amoro) Sea — controlling the movement of goods in the entire region by land and sea and to and from the Levant.
The memory of these two original Syrian civilizations shows that they were accustomed to coexistence, as the two peoples shared the majority and the minority according to the city in question, without resorting to full control or abolition of each other.
This eternal coexistence, which has always depended on commercial utility and mutual tolerance, may have a positive impact on the way Syrians understand their religious beliefs, which they later adopted in different historical times.
This may explain the depth of the spread of the true Islamic religion in its middle school, which is open in Syria and from there to the whole world.
As we go back to modern times, new horizons are emerging for the first time in Syria's contemporary history.
As we go back to modern times, new horizons are emerging for the first time in Syria's contemporary history.
It is clear that Europe and the major players on the international stage are changing their perception of the Middle East and no longer consider it necessarily a buffer zone or a zone of contact between East and West, but rather a fully integrated cultural and economic center in itself.
The only way to reconcile Europe with its history is to bring Syria and the Middle East into the mainstream of world order.
Include or include (Include)Word must therefore be the key against ignoring or underestimating.
The Arab people in the Levant, who have been known historically since the days of their Ammonite and Canaanite ancestors for their outstanding talent for entrepreneurship, can turn their country into a center of attraction for trade exchange.
Syria can once again become the natural corridor to the Mediterranean in an area run exclusively by its citizens and based on the principles of economic development, the rule of law, and social and religious harmony.
There is no doubt that the general paralysis that has become rampant among the Arab countries during and after the black Bush era,
There is no doubt that the general paralysis that has become rampant among the Arab countries during and after the black Bush era,
And the disagreements that have spread and still remain in the Arab ranks, has made Syria resort to expanding its strategic perspective by strengthening its relations with the two important countries, Turkey and Iran.
Today, Syria has begun to study the possibility of establishing a new regional understanding that would have a general economic and political impact on all the parties concerned and that could lead,
Apart from the policy of axes, to making the Middle East a recognized player in international politics, in contrast to the current situation, which makes it a recipient of foreign agendas and diktats.
Our country aspires to form a bloc with Iraq, which would enable the two countries, supported by their Arab neighbors, to be considered partners in a quadrilateral understanding with both Turkey and Iran.
An understanding that imposes a new equation in the region will certainly be more effective in our quest to regain our national, cultural and economic rights.
It is clear that I have previously tried to highlight the link between Syria's current political movement and the deep roots of its history and civilization.
It is clear that I have previously tried to highlight the link between Syria's current political movement and the deep roots of its history and civilization.
I have mentioned the Amorites and the Canaanites as an important source of hope for a positive future for our country in its Arab environment and in the world.
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