Deir Ezzor:
Euphrates
This city is usually used as a stopping point on the way to Al Jezireh, or further along the Euphrates to Mari and Al Bukamal. It is a major point for engineers and archaeologists; as it is surrounded by excavation sites, where prehistoric artifacts are being recovered and there are a few Oil production plants on newly found oil fields further in Al Jezireh. Deir Ezzor itself does not have much of a history or any attraction for historical visitors and tourists. However nearby are Doura Europos, Halabiye and Zalabiye, and the excavation site at Mari. Deir Ezzor has a museum that concentrates on the prehistoric past of the region, although it does have a section that exhibits other more recent periods. Deir Ezzor is situated 320 Km south east of Aleppo and 206 Km from Palmyra. Starting in the 3rd century BC, Deir Ezzor was a part of the Akkadian empire under the King Sargon I from 2700 to 2550 BC.
Alraqqa:
Qalat Jaabar
This city, located on the Euphrates, is about 190 Km west of Al Raqqa. It has a very rich history as it was first founded and established by Alexander the Great in the 4th Century BC. It later had quite an important role under the Abbassid dynasty. This is where Haroun Al Rashid, the famous caliph who sent exclusive gifts to Charlemagne, used to spend his summers.
It was rebuilt in 772 AD by Caliph Mansour under the original plan of the Abbassid capital, Baghdad. Some of the Abbassid ruins are still preserved, although not much remains. The Raqqa museum houses a lot of artifacts found in palaces that surrounded the city of Al Raqqa
It was rebuilt in 772 AD by Caliph Mansour under the original plan of the Abbassid capital, Baghdad. Some of the Abbassid ruins are still preserved, although not much remains. The Raqqa museum houses a lot of artifacts found in palaces that surrounded the city of Al Raqqa
Mari:
Man from the Kingdom of Mari
(modern Tell Hariri, Syria) was an ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, located 11 kilometers north-west of the modern town of Abu Kamal on the western bank of Euphrates river, some 120 km southeast of Deir ez-Zor, Syria. It is thought to have been inhabited since the 5th millennium BC, although it flourished from 2900 BC until 1759 BC, when it was sacked by Hammurabi
Mari was discovered in 1933 on the eastern flank of Syria, near the Iraqi border. A Bedouin tribe was digging through a mound for a gravestone that would be used for a recently deceased tribesman, when they came across a headless statue.
Mari was discovered in 1933 on the eastern flank of Syria, near the Iraqi border. A Bedouin tribe was digging through a mound for a gravestone that would be used for a recently deceased tribesman, when they came across a headless statue.
Doura Europos:
Doura Europos
This ancient site, was originally named Doura, which in Old Semitic meant fortress. When the Seleucids took over, one of Seleucus I's generals founded a colony here and added the name Europos to it. Europos was the name of the town that Seleucus was born in, back in Macedonia .