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Tourism & Travel / Nerja | | Spanish term or phrase: famosas hasta en el propio Damasco | Nerja, que Ibn Sadi, geógrafo y árabe, consideraba como una alquería tan grande como una ciudad (medina) rodeada de ricas huertas y bañada por el río Chillar; un gran comercio de sedas, *famosas hasta en el propio Damasco*.
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Hi Lisa.
See why Damascus is referred to:
Damascus became a metropolis by the beginning of the second century and in 222 it was upgraded to a colonia by the Emperor Septimius Severus. With the coming of the Pax Romana, Damascus and the Roman province of Syria in general began to prosper. ***Damascus's importance as a caravan city was evident with the trade routes from southern Arabia, Palmyra, Petra, and the silk routes from China all converging on it. The city satisfied the Roman demands for eastern luxuries.***
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Damascus was conquered by the Caliph Umar I in 636. Immediately thereafter, the city's power and prestige reached its peak when it became the capital of the Umayyad Empire, which extended from Spain to India from 661 to 750. In 744, the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II, moved the capital to Harran in the Jazira,[1] and Damascus was never to regain the political prominence it had held in that period.
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In the years following Saladin's death, there were frequent conflicts between different Ayyubid sultans ruling in Damascus and Cairo. Damascus steel gained a legendary reputation among the Crusaders, and patterned steel is still "damascened". The patterned Byzantine and Chinese silks available through Damascus, one of the Western termini of the Silk Road, gave the English language "damask".
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus
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6 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +8 were famous even in Damascus (itself?)
Explanation:
Hi Lisa.
See why Damascus is referred to:
Damascus became a metropolis by the beginning of the second century and in 222 it was upgraded to a colonia by the Emperor Septimius Severus. With the coming of the Pax Romana, Damascus and the Roman province of Syria in general began to prosper. ***Damascus's importance as a caravan city was evident with the trade routes from southern Arabia, Palmyra, Petra, and the silk routes from China all converging on it. The city satisfied the Roman demands for eastern luxuries.***
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Damascus was conquered by the Caliph Umar I in 636. Immediately thereafter, the city's power and prestige reached its peak when it became the capital of the Umayyad Empire, which extended from Spain to India from 661 to 750. In 744, the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II, moved the capital to Harran in the Jazira,[1] and Damascus was never to regain the political prominence it had held in that period.
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In the years following Saladin's death, there were frequent conflicts between different Ayyubid sultans ruling in Damascus and Cairo. Damascus steel gained a legendary reputation among the Crusaders, and patterned steel is still "damascened". The patterned Byzantine and Chinese silks available through Damascus, one of the Western termini of the Silk Road, gave the English language "damask".
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Taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus
Good luck!
Álvaro :O) :O)
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