{"slug": "syria-region", "label": "Syria (region)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_%28region%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13415123", "qid": "Q13415123", "description": "an area located east of the Mediterranean sea", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [-63, 1920], "span_label": ["64 BCE", "1920 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rashidun-caliphate", "label": "Rashidun Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hamdanid-dynasty", "label": "Hamdanid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sayf-al-dawla", "label": "Sayf al-Dawla", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-i-tzimiskes", "label": "John I Tzimiskes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "Egypt in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tulunids", "label": "Tulunids", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -63, "year_label": "64 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "64 BC Syria earthquake, mentioned in catalogues of historical earthquakes. It affected the region of Syria and may have caused structural damage in the city of Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305139759#Syria", "title": "64 BC", "revid": 1305139759, "section": "Events › By place › Syria"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Queen Mavia, with her Saracen forces, defeats the Roman army in southern Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Roman_Empire", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 638, "year_label": "638 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – The Arabian forces under Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah storm Caesarea Maritima, capital of Byzantine Palestine, and effect their final capture of Ascalon (modern Israel). Caliph Umar I stops the Muslim invasion, and appoints Abu Ubaidah governor of Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557443#Arabian_Empire", "title": "638", "revid": 1369557443, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 859, "year_label": "859 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "859 Syrian coast earthquake. It affected the Mediterranean coast of Syria It caused almost the complete destruction of Latakia and Jableh, major damage at Antioch and led to many deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348997263#Syria", "title": "859", "revid": 1348997263, "section": "Events › By place › Syria"}}, {"year": 884, "year_label": "884 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, founder of the Tulunid Dynasty, dies after a 15-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Khumarawayh, as ruler of Egypt and Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654158#Arabian_Empire", "title": "884", "revid": 1366654158, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 958, "year_label": "958 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October / November – Battle of Raban: The Byzantines under John Tzimiskes defeat the Hamdanid forces in northern Syria. Emir Sayf al-Dawla is forced to retreat – many of his court companions and ghilman fall in pursuit, while over 1,700 of his Turk cavalry are captured and paraded in the streets of Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468198#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "958", "revid": 1364468198, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1067, "year_label": "1067 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Seljuk Turks make incursions into Mesopotamia, Cilicia and Cappadocia. They sack the Byzantine city of Caesarea, move south through the Cilician Gates and raid the region around Antioch in Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260536#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1067", "revid": 1365260536, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1138, "year_label": "1138 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills about 230,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366421724#Middle_East", "title": "1138", "revid": 1366421724, "section": "Events › By place › Middle East"}}, {"year": 1157, "year_label": "1157 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – The 1157 Hama earthquake takes place after a year of foreshocks. Its name is taken from the city of Hama, in west-central Syria (then under Seljuk rule), where the most casualties are sustained.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366532578#Events", "title": "1157", "revid": 1366532578, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1170, "year_label": "1170 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – 1170 Syria earthquake: One of the largest earthquakes to hit Syria. It forms part of a sequence of large earthquakes that propagate southwards along the Dead Sea Transform, starting with the 1138 Aleppo earthquake and continuing with the 1157 Hama, 1170 and 1202 Syria events.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488642#Asia", "title": "1170", "revid": 1367488642, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Battle of Maysalun: The French defeat the Syrian army, whose leader Yusuf al-'Azma is killed. French troops occupy Damascus and depose Faisal I of Syria as king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#July", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › July"}}]}