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Hama حَمَاة
First settled
1500 BC
Government
• Governor
Maan Subhi Abboud
Elevation
305 m (1,001 ft)
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It was an important prehistoric settlement, becoming the kingdom of Hamath under the Aramaeans in the 11th century bce. It fell under Assyrian control in the ...
Apr 27, 2012 · Located on the River Orontes, about 305km (190 miles) north of the capital Damascus, Hama was settled as long ago as the Neolithic age. The ...
All the major periods in the history of ancient Syria are represented on the mound at Hama: an early farming community in the Neolithic Period (Stone Age) (ca.
The ancient settlement of Hamath was occupied from the early Neolithic to the Iron Age. The site is inside a tight curve of the Orontes, which made it ...
The city has a long history having been settled as far back as the Bronze Age and Iron Age. In the 2nd millennium B.C. it was a center of the Hittites. As ...
During the 2nd millennium BC, Hama was a large town, but it does not appear in ancient documents until c 1000 BC, when it became capital of an Aramaean kingdom.
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As in many other regions of the Levant, extensive settlement began in the middle of the 3rd mill. bc in the surroundings of the city of Hama as well.
During the dark age from 1200 BC it was settled by Aramaeans who founded a state. The first two rulers were apparently allied to King David of Israel, and the ...
Nov 21, 2006 · The ancient settlement of Hamath was occupied from the early Neolithic to the Iron Age. Remains from the Chalcolithic era have been ...