Trajan's Bridge (Romanian: Podul lui Traian; Serbian: Трајанов мост / Trajanov most), also called Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube, was a Roman segmental arch bridge, the first bridge to be built over the lower Danube and one of the greatest achievements in Roman architecture.Though it was only functional for 165 years, it is often considered to be the longest …

Anaximenes of Miletus (/ ˌ æ n æ k ˈ s ɪ m ə ˌ n iː z /; Greek: Ἀναξιμένης ὁ Μιλήσιος; c. 586 – c. 526 BC) was an Ancient Greek, Ionian Pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), active in the latter half of the 6th century BC. The details of his life are obscure because none of his work has been preserved.

Damascus (/ d ə ˈ m æ s k ə s / də-MASS-kəs, UK also / d ə ˈ m ɑː s k ə s / də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دمشق ‎ Dimashq, IPA: ) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Colloquially known in Syria as aš-Šām (الشَّام ‎) and titled the "City of Jasmine" (مَدِينَةُ الْيَاسْمِينِ ...

The site of the Umayyad Mosque is attested for as a place of worship since the Iron Age. Damascus was the capital of the Aramaean state Aram-Damascus and a large temple was dedicated to Hadad-Ramman, the god of thunderstorms and rain, and was erected at the site of the present-day mosque.One stone remains from the Aramaean temple, dated to the rule of …

Damascus (Arabisch: دمشق,Dimasjq of (Dimasjq) al-sham, Aramees: ܕܪܡܣܘܩ, Darmsuq) is de hoofdstad van Syrië.Damascus vormt een eigen gouvernement en is tevens de hoofdstad van het gouvernement Rif Dimashq.Het is een van de oudste steden ter wereld, mogelijk dé oudste nog bestaande stad ter wereld. Er wonen 1,8 miljoen mensen in de stad, daarmee is het de op …

Ancona (/ æ ŋ ˈ k oʊ n ə /, also US: / æ n ˈ-, ɑː n ˈ-/, Italian: [aŋˈkoːna] ()) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 as of 2015.Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located 280 km (170 mi) northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic Sea, between the slopes of the two extremities of the ...

Apollodorus of Damascus (50, Damascus – 130), architect, engineer, and designer; Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami (1140, Jabal Alam – 1227, Jabal Alam), religious scholar of Sufism; Abdullah ibn Umar (610, Mecca – 693, Mecca), Islamic scholar and hadith narrator; Abd Allah al-Qaysi (d. 885, b. Spain), Muslim jurist and theologian

The Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial built in Washington, D.C. between 1939 and 1943 in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the American Revolution, founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, and the nation's third president.. The Jefferson Memorial …

Moesia (/ ˈ m iː ʃ ə,-s i ə,-ʒ ə /; Latin: Moesia; Greek: Μοισία, romanized: Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Albania, northern parts of North Macedonia (Moesia Superior), Northern Bulgaria, Romanian Dobruja and small …

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