Show ONETIME ONE TIME magnificent CITY palmyra began to sink into decay in fifteenth century under rule of turks in indent ancient times from about the year A D to the fourteenth con cen tury more especially in the second and third centuries palmyra was a wealthy and magnificent city of northern syria standing in tin oasis on oil tho the northern edge of the arabian desert about miles northeast of damascus its semitic nume name was W its and palmyra palmira city of palms pit Is the greek equivalent according to the old tradition it was founded by king solomon it became the commercial center of northern arabia during the long protracted wars between rollie home and partala Part hla palmyra palmira acknowledged the supremacy of rome home and secured great commercial advantages from tho the E emperors ors hadrian and septimus deerns it received roc cled special favors and privileges one of Pal myras rulers extended tits his power over most of tho the adjoining countries from egypt to asia minor then earn came the fatal war with rome home was murdered and tits ills famous queen Zen okin took up the reins of power in the tear she was crushed by the romans ito niang and carried captive to rome home the emperor aurelian Au rellan presented her I 1 with lilt large possessions near tivon where she passed tho rost rest of her life in comfort and even splendor after the roman empire became I 1 christian palmyra was vaa mado made n bishopric when the moslems conquered I 1 syria siria palmyra also submit ted to them from the fifteenth century it began to sink into decay witt the rest of the rast east that had fallen into the hili ha ds of the moslems or II in 1 this case turks remains remaina of the ancient city still exist chief among them being t the h e gr grat en t temple of the sun still or mint an old anti and high authority on tills ais once famous city bears the title ruins of palmyra by wood and dawkins daw kins published in london in 1753 |