Prospect der Stadt Aleppo

Title

Prospect der Stadt Aleppo

Description

Map shows the ciyst of haleb in Syria.

ca. 1690

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

Aleppo is a city in northern Syria. Aleppo first appears in sources at the end of the 19th century BC. At that time, it was the capital of the state of Jamchad, which dominated northern Syria from here until the second half of the 17th century BC. Its sphere of influence included Karkemiš on the Euphrates and Alalach near Antakya. The influence of the Jamchad kings Jarim Lim I and Hammurapi I, who ruled from the 80s to the 50s of the 18th century, extended as far as the trans-Tigrid region of Der, and an alliance with Hammurapi of Babylon is documented. Aleppo was already a center of worship of the weather god Hadad during this period. The city was conquered by the Hittite king Muršili I in the 2nd half of the 17th century. Its history after the fall of the Old Hittite Empire is unclear. Mittani subjugated Aleppo at the beginning of the 15th century at the latest. After the fall of the Hittite Empire around 1200, Aleppo became the seat of a late Hittite petty principality. Aleppo later became the capital of the Aramean kingdom of Bit Agusi. A period of Persian rule followed from 610. The city became part of the Byzantine Empire under its old name and was conquered by the Sassanid king Chosrau I in 540. The city was fought over many times by the Hamdanids, the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros Phokas, the Arab Mirdasids, Turkmedes, Ayyubids and Mamluks. In 1517 Aleppo became part of the Ottoman Empire. The city remained part of the Ottoman Empire until its fall but continued to be shaken by internal feuds. During the First World War, Aleppo was a center of the genocide of the Armenians by the Young Turks under Talât Pasha. he city briefly flourished again when it came under French colonial rule after the end of the First World War, but experienced a decline again after the cession of the Sandzak Alexandrette with the capital Antakya and the port of İskenderun to Turkey in 1939. he city briefly flourished again when it came under French colonial rule after the end of the First World War, but experienced a decline again after the cession of the Alexandrette Sandjak with the capital Antakya and the port of İskenderun to Turkey in 1939.