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The Ancient City History of Baal Xia Ming Temple
Palmira is an important ancient city in central Syria. Palmira is the Greek name of this city, which comes from its original Sumerian name "Tadmor", which means palm plants growing around the ancient city.

Palmira is located 265,438+05km northeast of Damascus and 65,438+020km southwest of Euphrates River. It is an important transit point for caravans crossing the Syrian desert and an important commercial center.

In 3 12 BC, Seleuc dynasty made it an autonomous city.

In the 1 th century, the Roman emperor Tiberius made it a part of Syrian provinces.

In the 3rd century, palmira was an important hub of the Silk Road.

/kloc-in 0/29, the Roman emperor Hadrian made it a free city and renamed it Hadrian, palmira.

In 260, it became the capital of the Kingdom of palmira, and the famous Queen Zenobbi (240-275) was born.

In 272, the army of the Roman emperor Aureliano occupied palmira and destroyed the kingdom of palmira.

In the 4th-7th century, it was the territory of the Byzantine Empire.

In 634, Arabs began to rule the city and its surrounding areas.

1068 and 1089, two major earthquakes seriously damaged the city.

/kloc-In the 3rd century, the Mamluk dynasty took control of this ancient city.

15 16 became the territory of the Ottoman empire.

175 1 year, the British archaeological team discovered this ancient city forgotten by the western world and studied the architecture of the ancient city for the first time.

1980, palmira was listed as a United Nations World Cultural Heritage.

On May 2, 2065438, the extremist organization "Islamic State" occupied the ancient city and began to carry out sabotage activities.

20 15 On August 23rd, the extremist organization "Islamic State" (IS) blew up the temple of Baal Xia Ming.