SYRIA IN THE SCHOLARS EYES:
Many scholars praised Syria. Philip Hitti said: the scholars consider Syria as
the teacher for the human characteristices. Andrea Parrout said : each
civilized person in the world should admit that he has two home country, the one
he was born in and Syria. The German Openhime said: Syria is the archeologists
paradise.
Language ,writing ALPABET & dictionaries
In the (9th) Millenium man settled in a house, farmed his land
and was trading with his neighbors.
He invented special marks for his business to identify the
goods, and their numbers for instance , a special mud shape
for each numbers, and another shape for each item, Then he
invented the cuneiform writing that had wedge of an object,
representing a word , syllable or sound , It developed into
phonetic Alphabet.
The Syrian and the Mesopotamia cuneiform writing appeared almost in one time.
SYRIA OFFERED THE WORLD TWO PHOENICIAN ALPHABETS:
The first was Ugarit Cuneiform, dates back to 14 century B.C , in a small piece of
clay was found in Ugarit royal palace The Wole alphabet was written in the
familiar order we use today , A.B ,C… It was a sample for the students of
imitate it.
The other alphabet was invented in Byblos, it was a special letter for each sound ,
dating back to 13 century B.C. Ugarit Alphabet was 100 years in advance , The
Ugaritian language is taught in 40 university in all around
the world.
THE STATE:
On the Syrian and Mesopotamia lands, Amorits kingdom was established as the
first state in history with its rules and laws.
THE ARTS, PHILISOPHY AND MATHEMATIC:
The most ancient Frescos and Sculptures , Philosophy and Mythology,
Religions and Theories , all were started from this part of the world,
They put the mathematical rules and the scale weights.
IN FEW WORDS SYRIA IS THE PEARL OF ORIENT…
