There is no doubt that the greatest feature of Syria is its very rich history, dating back to the very beginning of civilization.

It was here that man started his adventures of settlement and first cultivated the land on the banks of the Euphrates River. Clay tokens found on sites such as Mari, Ugarit, and Ebla (2600 - 2500 BC) were used as an Archaic recording system, leading to the invention of the alphabet. Aleppo is famous for its citadel that towers over it. Traditionally a city of trade, especially before the Suez canal, it used to link Europe and India. A truly charming oriental city. Aleppo is the city of Architecture. One can find various styles in it; architectures of the XIII th. and XIV th. centuries, like the caravanserais, coranic schools and Hammams (so called Turkish baths), in the old city. Architecture of the XVI th. and XVII th. centuries, in the residencies of the delicate bourgeoisie of the Jdayde quarter, with its magnificent stone engravings. Syria has also been the melting pot for the monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It played a very important role in early Christianity, as is evident in several biblical passages. St. Paul, John the Baptist, and other biblical personages all left their mark in Christian vestiges spread across Syrian land (such as the Ananais Chapel, and the churches of Maaloula and Seidnaya). The peaceful integration of Islam had an incredible impact on the Syrian people. Its teachings were quickly absorbed, many converted, and many participated in ending the Byzantine occupation of Syria. This is the land where the famous crusader battles took place between Richard the Lion Heart and Saladin. Aleppo was inhabited perhaps as early as the 6th millennium B.C and competes with Damascus on being the oldest inhabited city in the world.