Alep ( alab in Arab) is a city of the North-West of the Syria, chief town of the governorship of the same name. It counts 1,3 million inhabitants (2001). The name of the city would come from “halab Ibrahim” (the milk of Abraham) (Arab: حَلَب, milk or Alep ).

History

Antiquity

It is one of the oldest cities inhabited in the world: it already exists at the time paléo-Babylonian (2004-1595 av. J. - C.), under the name of Halab. Wedge-shaped shelves mention even an urban center going back to 5000 years. It is then the capital of the kingdom amorrite of the Yamkhad. In 1595 av. J. - C., it is taken by the Hittites and becomes a great stage for the caravans between Syria and Mésopotamie. Towards -1000 Alep becomes the revolving platform of the market of the Savon in the known world, position which it keeps until modern times. In 738 av. J. - C., it is attached to the Assyrie under the name of Halman . It is conquered by Alexandre Large the in 333 av. J. - C. and passes then to the Séleucides, which rename it Beroia . It is then occupied by the Romains in 65 av. J. - C., finally, it is conquered by the Arab in 637.

The Middle Ages

The Arabs build the principal monuments of the city:

• large the Mosque, built in 715 by the Caliph Al Walid, rebuilt in 1129 by Nur AD-DIN
• Madrassé Halawiyé (school), on the site of the old cathedral Grey waxbill
• the citadel, built by Hamdanide Saif ED Daoula
• the Souk S (gone covered)
• the khan S (Caravanserai S)

The Omeyyades succeed, at the 10th century, the Hamdanides. It is the golden age of Alep. It passes then to the Fatimides then to the Seldjoukides. In 1098 and 1124, Alep is besieged by the Croisés, which fail in front of its walls. In 1183, it returns to Saladin and the dynasty of the Ayyoubides. In 1260, Alep is taken by the Mongolian before being begun again by the Mamelouks in 1317.

Times modern and contemporary

In 1516, it is annexed by the Ottoman Empire, which will preserve it until in 1918.

Under the reign of the king François I {{er}}, it accommodates a permanent French diplomatic representation stopped in the Années 1990 and which is Avenue Fayçal today.

Alep is also the birthplace of the type-setter of failures Philippe Stamma (1705-1755), of the famous French painter of Armenian origin Jean Carzou (1907-2000), and of the former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrossian (born in 1945).

See too

• Citadel of Alep

• Culture of Syria
• Soap of Alep

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