Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . of a state, morefrequently as the capital of a province,sometimes as a provincial town. It never as a me-tropolis grew to the vast dimensions of Babylonor Baghdad; on the other hand it never sufïeredvery seriously by the removal of the court. Theperiods when it has been the chief city of a sov-ereign state hâve not been many. From the OldTestament we learn of a kingdom of Aram withDamascus for its capital, which was contemporarywith the northern Israelitish kingdom, and perishedwith it; and we hear incidentally of a temple of Rim-mon, a god whose name appears
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . of a state, morefrequently as the capital of a province,sometimes as a provincial town. It never as a me-tropolis grew to the vast dimensions of Babylonor Baghdad; on the other hand it never sufïeredvery seriously by the removal of the court. Theperiods when it has been the chief city of a sov-ereign state hâve not been many. From the OldTestament we learn of a kingdom of Aram withDamascus for its capital, which was contemporarywith the northern Israelitish kingdom, and perishedwith it; and we hear incidentally of a temple of Rim-mon, a god whose name appears to show Assyrianaffinities ; we learn also the names of a few kings, andare amazed that the Israelitish prophets should in-terfère in the matter of their appointment. Little isheard of the place during the period when Persiadominated the nearer East, and when after the fall ofthat Empire a Greek kingdom of Syria was set up,Damascus was superseded after a time by a new capi-tal Antioch. At times before and after the com- [402]. ^ r- W.\
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