{"id":1473,"date":"2014-03-12T18:44:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T18:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/da\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:38:42","slug":"feiten-over-syrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.123fakta.com\/nl\/facts-about-syria","title":{"rendered":"Feiten over Syri\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Koud staal:<\/strong>\u00a0Zwaarden uit Damascus zijn door de geschiedenis heen erg populair en gewaardeerd geweest. Volgens geschreven bronnen werden de zwaarden \"gesmeed door afkoeling in de urine van de roodharige jongen of in het lichaam van een gespierde slaaf\".<\/p>\n

2. Paul:<\/strong>\u00a0Volgens de Bijbel was het op de weg naar Damascus dat de apostel Paulus een openbaring ontving en zich tot het christendom bekeerde. Hij werd vervolgens in Damascus gedoopt en ontsnapte ook aan de gouverneur van de stad (die hem wilde arresteren) door zich in een emmer uit een raam van de stadsmuur te laten hijsen.<\/p>\n

3. De Argentijnse connectie:<\/strong>\u00a0Ongeveer 1,3 miljoen Argentijnen hebben Syrische of Libanese wortels. Veel Syri\u00ebrs en Libanezen vestigden zich in de 19e eeuw in Argentini\u00eb. De ouders van de voormalige Argentijnse president Carlos Menem kwamen uit het Syrische dorp Yabrud.<\/p>\n

4. Vroege bewoning:<\/strong>\u00a0Vanaf ongeveer 10.000 v. Chr. (het neolithicum) was Syri\u00eb een cultureel centrum van die tijd en ook de plaats waar landbouw en veeteelt voor het eerst in de wereldgeschiedenis opkwamen.<\/p>\n

5. Damascus:<\/strong>\u00a0Het is met zekerheid bekend dat de hoofdstad van Syri\u00eb - Damascus - al sinds 6300 v.Chr. bewoond is, hoewel er al bewijzen van nederzettingen zijn gevonden vanaf 9000 v.Chr. Dit maakt Damascus een van de oudste continu bewoonde steden ter wereld (zo niet de oudste). Vandaag de dag telt de stad ongeveer 1,7 miljoen inwoners.<\/p>\n

\"Feit:
Naamsvermelding: PHGCOM - Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feit: De Syrische hoofdstad Damascus is een van de langst continu bewoonde steden ter wereld. Hier zie je een Syrisch beeldje uit 5000 voor Christus.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

6. Ebla:<\/strong>\u00a0De stadstaat Ebla werd gesticht in 3000 voor Christus en verwierf grote rijkdom door handel te drijven met de omliggende staten en steden (vooral Soemeri\u00eb, Assyri\u00eb en Akkad) en volkeren (vooral de Hri\u00ebrs en Hatti\u00ebrs).<\/p>\n

7. Van heerser wisselen:<\/strong>\u00a0Vanaf de tijd dat Ebla werd gesticht tot ongeveer 900 voor Christus werd Syri\u00eb talloze malen veroverd - van Assyri\u00ebrs, Egyptenaren en Hettieten tot Romeinen, Grieken en Arabieren. In de periode van 900 voor Christus tot begin 1900 kende het land weer een opeenvolging van heersers, waaronder: Europese kruisvaarders, Koerden, Mongolen, Mamluken en Ottomanen, uiteindelijk werd het in 1916 verdeeld tussen Groot-Brittanni\u00eb en Frankrijk.<\/p>\n

8. Frans mandaat:<\/strong>\u00a0In 1920 werd Syri\u00eb binnengevallen door Frankrijk, dat tot 1946 aan de macht bleef in het land. Toen trokken ze hun troepen terug onder druk van de Britten en Syrische nationalisten. Syri\u00eb bleef in handen van een republikeinse regering die in 1930 onder Frans mandaat was gevormd en officieel onafhankelijk werd van Frankrijk.<\/p>\n

9. Ba'ath-partij:<\/strong>\u00a0In 1958 vormden Syri\u00eb en Egypte de Verenigde Arabische Republiek als onderdeel van een plan voor een pan-Arabische staat. Dit duurde echter maar tot 1961, toen Syri\u00eb de republiek verliet. Vanaf dat moment tot 2000 werd Syri\u00eb geregeerd door de pan-Arabische socialistische Ba'ath-partij. President Hafez al-Assad stierf in 2000 en zijn zoon, Bassar al-Assad, werd gekozen als de nieuwe (en huidige) president van het land.<\/p>\n

10. De burgeroorlog in Syri\u00eb:<\/strong>\u00a0De burgeroorlog in Syri\u00eb begon op 15 maart 2011, toen een reeks vreedzame protesten - ge\u00efnspireerd door de Arabische Lente - brutaal werden onderdrukt door het Syrische leger. De gevechten gaan tussen twee moslimgroepen: 1) de oppositie, die voornamelijk uit soennitische moslims bestaat, tegen 2) de prominenten van de regering, die Alawieten (ook moslims) zijn.<\/p>\n

\"Syri\u00eb
Naamsvermelding: Johan Siegers + UltraView Admin + Pinkospy - Flickr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

De vele volkeren die Syri\u00eb in de loop der tijd hebben veroverd, hebben hun sporen achtergelaten; linksboven is de Byzantijnse kerk van Simeon Stylites, rechts de kruisvaarderskerk Krak des Chevaliers en onderaan de tempel in de Arabische ru\u00efnestad Palmyra.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Koud staal: Zwaarden uit Damascus zijn door de geschiedenis heen erg populair en gewaardeerd geweest. Volgens geschreven bronnen werden de zwaarden \"gesmeed door ze te laten afkoelen in de urine van een roodharige jongen of in het lichaam van een gespierde slaaf\" 2. Paulus: Volgens de Bijbel was het op de weg naar Damascus dat de ... 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