The city of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast north-east in northwest Syria for maximum party of Cyprus. Was an important ancient port and is now a major port of the Syrian Arab Republic .
Whereas Latakia scene of wars grinding and invasions negative and destructive by many peoples and vulnerability to earthquakes many, all of this impact in the demise of their effects, not an exclamation of scarcity ruins archaeological where civil or religious film is nothing left of the city wall and its buildings and streets and old districts little. It is the lingering effects of the great theater that it appears only parties scattered here and there, in addition to the Dome of the Arc de Triomphe four Greek columns, which was built in honor of the Emperor Septimus Roman Saderos.
In the Phoenician era, which dates back to the second century BC. Launched on the city of Latakia name Omanca and said they Ramatha and high Ramita any word Latakia Balmal Lexical broken and broken S and J tight and E in the other meaning very old city. Fillon called it name Ramawathus meaning god High, and was named to the white beach, and he called the Greek commander Seleucus Nicator visually build to Aovekie or to Aovesaa proportion to his mother note that many cities took this name.
Vtmiiza her from the rest of the cities named sea Azqah, Sham Azqah. And honor of Julius Caesar (Julia) and called on the Roman Emperor Septimus Saderos Septama Alsavria, and launched by the Arab name for Azqah Arabs, calling Bride coast, and called the Franks . La liche
Including that the naming of the city dates back to the second century BC. Days of the Phoenicians, this evidence was submitted on the basis of the city but visually build is Salumh Nikator ruler between 312 and 281 BC. Was in the third year of the death of Alexander the Great. But most Arab sources agreed that the builder is the ruler Seleucus, A legend to build that when torque Seleucus to build the city went to the temple of Zeus and gave him offerings fluidly him to guide him to the right place to build a city, and as he was steeped in Apthalach and Tdharath, landed on altar Condor and kidnapped some of the carcass and flew Phanzj Seleucus was behind leaders march to Eagle Rock high overlooking the sea, and there emerged a wild boar Vhagmeh Vanchgl Seleucus pursuing Eagle addressing the pig killing him.Understanding Seleucus that the will of the god Zeus that builds the city in this place. He ordered his men to take even the blood of pork into the city walls and then click his body held the first its buildings and fired on the new city name and his mother Aovesah, In order to have the city swimming gods gave her an offering Girl Belle called songs then ordered that the focus is a statue of a girl to bring happiness to the city.
The scarcity of archaeological finds dating back to the eras of stone and the city's historic does not mean that the city of Latakia recent, but the city of Latakia old and this is what is indicated by the meaning of her name obsolete too, and the receipt of its name in the Covenant Phoenician Bomanca and this, if anything it shows presented the city. Not to mention the presence of archaeological sites adjacent to the city of Latakia head Ibn Hani away from Latakia 11 km, the port white, which is 13 km north of Latakia, about the city of Latakia Ugarit Ras Shamra, which is 16 km from the city north of the city dating back to the second millennium BC. M. .
And thanks for the world to discover the Ugaritic alphabet, the first alphabet in history and in addition to that found in Ugarit first tune blogger back for the second thousand BC..
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