martes, 24 de marzo de 2009

Ancient City of Bosra, Syria












Ancient City of Bosra, Syria


Governorate of Deraa
N32 31 5.016 E36 28 54.012 Ref: 22

Brief Description
Bosra, once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, was an important stopover on the ancient caravan route to Mecca. A magnificent 2nd-century Roman theatre, early Christian ruins and several mosques are found within its great walls.




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Bibliographie indicative

1- Crowfoot , J.W Churches at Bosra and Samaria-
Sebaste , London 1937
2- Abel ,A . Bosra ,in Encyclopedia of Islam-new
Edition I leiden 1960
3- Rey –Coquais , J-P ( Bosra ) in the Princeton
Encyclopedia of classical Sites , Pinceton 1975
4- Mougdad , Sulaiman A .Bosra –Guide historique
et archéologique , Damascus 1974
5- Meinecke , Michael et al .Islamic Bosra –A brief
Guide, Damascus 1990 .
6- Burns , Ross – Monument of Syria 1992

Syria Important Phrases
1- Hello: Marhaba
2- How are you?: shlonak?
3- How much is this?: addesh sihro?
4- What's your name?: shou ismak?
5- Good bye: salam aleikum

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