Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The disappearance of the Central Civilization Ancient Arab and Islamic


Syrian region has existed since the era before Christ.
Syria has always had a charm from time to time. Many civilizations are growing in the country since the days of Ancient Arab Islamic civilization Tadmur up with the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate. But, "The Craddle of Civilization" seems no longer viable in Syria clothing. Civil war since early 2011 and make this country destroyed civilization.
"If be paradise on earth, it is without a doubt, Damascus, but if it be in heaven, Damascus is its counterpart on earth," is the utterance of a Muslim traveler Ibn Jubayr describes how beautiful Damascus, the Syrian capital. Heaven is certainly synonymous with beauty. While, Ibn Jubair chose Damascus as a city of the exquisite paradise of the world because the region is so.
How many civilizations have ever tertoreh in the region. Damascus Syria just some of the most striking area of ​​beauty. But, in general Syria does have many of the civilizations that beautify the country formerly named Sham. Diverse traces of civilization never set there, from the ancient Arab civilization, Romans, Persians, until the Islamic civilization.
Syrian region has existed since the era before Christ. At that time, the country is not the center of the emergence of world civilization. Syria is the only desert region traversed a river. Meanwhile, the human civilization usually appear in the fertile region of the river flowed. However, Syria's strategic location makes it unable to escape from ancient history. In the early days of the development of civilization, we know Mesopotamia in Iraq with the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as well as Pharaonic civilization in Egypt with the Nile.
Two of the world's great civilizations are located on either side of Syria. As a result, Syria became the region connecting the two ancient civilizations. So, it was a desert region immediately became the center of international trade. The traders from Mesopotamia to Egypt and Syria instead always passes through the area. Be, Syria with Mesopotamia and Egypt referred to as the "ancient near east" or region "fertile crescent" which later became the forerunner of the emergence of the Middle East now.
TadmurSince the tenth century BC, there is a Syrian city in the region known in ancient Arab history, the City of Tadmur. The city is also referred to in the Torah as the Prophet Solomon had built it into a highly developed commercial city. According to Prof Dr Mukhtar Yahya in his book Switching-Switching Power in the Middle East Before the Birth of Religious Isla, Tadmur City became a very important commercial center due to its convenient location.
This is the meeting place of trade from East to West and from South to North. Position as a trading center continues to embrace Tadmur when two major powers in power, the Romans and Persians. "Historians dubbed as the pearl of the city's desert. Felt, not far from the truth when they gave nicknames so," Mukhtar said Yahya.
As for the location Tadmur, according to John, was in the Syrian Desert, about 200 kilometers north-east of Damascus. When the Children of Israel the royal era, the city became a stronghold to protect them from attacks by the nomads. The city named the Western nations is the nickname of Palmyra Tadmur which in Greek means city of palm trees. The ruins can still be seen to this day even the ancient region protected UN agency for education and cultural affairs or UNESCO.
Post-Tadmur, in the fourth century before Christ, had appeared Nabath or Nabatia nation that takes over the function of the City Tadmur trading town that has been destroyed. The nation settled in the southern part of Syria and build great ancient Arab kingdom. His dominion not only in Syria, but to reach the North Hijaz region, including the Palestinian Gaza and Jordan. It is they who built the city of Petra in Jordan that legacy very famous until now.
However, both Tadmur and Nabath, could not face the Romans. Syrian area was under Roman rule until the opening of the caliphate of Islam Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.
At the time of the advent of Islam, the Syrian who was referred to as the Sham was known as the Foreign trade zone. Sham name refers to one of the names of the sons of Noah who survived the great flood, Sam. Of Sam, born nation that gave birth to religion Ibrahimiyyah Semitic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Sham at that time not only Syria, but also Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan. The Prophet visited Syria several times, even before the appointed of God as an Apostle. He visited there to trade.
Syria was the first country that opened the Muslims. It happened around 630 AD when the Caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. Under the banner of the leader Khalid ibn al-Walid, the Muslim army defeated the Eastern Roman or Byzantine. Syria became Muslim country. Islamic Syria brings many advantages for the development of Islam. According to Phillip K Hitti in his History of the Arabs, the widespread propagation of Islam after the opening of Syria. Opening a fast and easy on the strategic areas has raised the image of Islam in the eyes of the world.
From Syria, the Muslim Egyptians flooded, then moved to open the entire North African region. From Syria, the Muslim territory expanded and stronger. "The power of Islam is expanding less than a hundred years after the Prophet's death," Hitti said.
 
Syria also began the era of Islamic civilization. Many mosques built in the country. Peak of civilization occurred when the Umayyad dynasty era. The first caliph, Muawiyyah Muslim government moved the capital from Medina to Damascus in Syria. As a result, Syria became the country with the rapid development of Islam as well as a center of Islamic civilization at that time. Many relics Umayyads in Syria, including the field of architecture. One of them, the Umayyad Mosque or umami.

Sources :
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/khazanah/13/06/11/mo7pbi-lenyapnya-pusat-peradaban-arab-kuno-dan-islam

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