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there’s much more to this country than
conflict welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ve teamed up with our partners
at WatchMojo arabic to count down our
picks for the top 10 facts people from
Syria want you to know hi everyone I’m
finally on an Assyrian singer I’m super
excited to introduce to you this video
by WatchMojo that talks about ten things
that you don’t know about my beautiful
country Syria and I also wanted to tell
you that WatchMojo is now an Arabic
channel so make sure to subscribe and
enjoy their super cool videos for this
list we’re looking at some of the most
interesting and important facts about
Syria one of the most culturally rich
countries in the world number 10
Syria has a population of over 18
million at its highest the country’s
population even reached as high as 24
million making a point to 4% of the
world’s total population while a
detailed census hasn’t been carried out
for some time it’s been estimated by
professors that roughly 87 percent of
Syrians are Muslims while most of the
remainder are Christian with at least 3
percent being Druze in addition Syrians
also speak many different languages the
official language is Arabic but people
also speak Turkish Kurdish Armenian
Greek and even Aramaic and for different
neo Aramaic dialects as well as English
and French number 9 the shouting Valley
in the six-day war in 1967 a strategic
plateau called Golan Heights became a
battleground the land now shares four
national borders and has been dividing
family stuck on opposite sides for
decades was dangerous razor wire and an
even deadlier minefield now occupying it
families are forced to communicate by
shouting with megaphones across the gap
into the neighboring country despite
there being a ceasefire in place it’s
still tremendously difficult for
families to see each other and so
despite more people using cell phones to
communicate now the shouting valley is
still visited number 8 damascus is known
for its legendary steel true Damascus
steel hasn’t been produced since the
18th century and while many have sought
to recreate it the technique remains
lost in the modern age the steel is
uniquely forged with beautiful intricate
patterns
most commonly used to craft knives
swords and other bladed weapons upon
closer examination of the ancient
technique
a recent study discovered that Damascus
steel actually contains carbon nanotubes
making an incredibly advanced technology
for its time and far superior to other
contemporary weapons perhaps one day
this ancient craft will be truly
rediscovered some claim that Damascus
steel is strong enough to cut clean
through a rifle barrel number seven
Syrian cuisine comes from a mix of
cultures since so many different
cultures have settled in Syria over such
an immense period of time these have all
blended together to create some of the
tastiest and most exciting food anywhere
in the world with influences including
ancient Persia and the Turks of the
Ottoman Empire Syrian food is both
distinct and delicious and is made even
more unique by every different city
having its own take on traditional
dishes like keep it other food includes
sweets and candies popular throughout
the entire Middle East as well as the
variety of street food you can get like
shawarma and Damascus is famous feta
number six Syria became independent from
France less than a hundred years ago
Syria has a long history of being under
the control of various empires and
colonists most recently the Ottoman
Empire who ruled for over four centuries
until 1918 and then Vichy France
afterwards it was on the 17th of April
1946 that Syria finally became an
independent country free of colonial
influence though they’d already
proclaimed independence in 1941 this by
no means marked the end of political
strife in the area but the date is still
celebrated every year it’s called
evacuation Day commemorating the
evacuation of the last French soldier
from Syrian territory number five
Emilie’s royal archive has clay tablets
dating back thousands of years in the
1970s in northern Syria a group of
archaeologists rediscovered the ancient
city of Ebla with the discovery of the
ruins also came the discovery of clay
tablets roughly 17,000 of them 1800 of
which are complete and legible the
tablets are written in both Sumerian and
ebb light so named because it was
completely unknown before being found on
the tablets a whole lost language the
tablets and ruins date back to circa
2500 BC
eat and shed light on what life was like
in ancient Mesopotamia covering topics
from Commerce to diplomacy to industry
number four it’s home to six UNESCO
World Heritage Sites Syria’s rich
culture is further evidenced by it
having six UNESCO World Heritage Sites
most of them large cities with even more
landmarks and monuments within their
walls ancient settlements like Damascus
and Aleppo are hugely important as well
as the city of Basra which used to be a
major stopping point for religious
pilgrims traveling to Mecca the track de
Chevalier is another protected site a
significant medieval castle dating back
almost a thousand years to the Crusades
number three Syria has one of the
largest mosques in the world the Umayyad
Mosque in Damascus also commonly called
the Great Mosque of Damascus is one of
the most important religious and
historical sites worldwide it was built
on the site of an ancient Basilica of
John the Baptist with its construction
completed in 715 ad as well as
supposedly containing the head of John
the Baptist himself it’s also the
location of the tomb of Saladin the land
has been sacred for three millennia and
the mosque is considered the fourth
holiest place in all of Islam finally
even more history was made when here in
2001 pope john paul ii became the first
pope to ever visit a mosque number two
the first alphabet was invented there
who guarded is an ancient city along the
shore of the Mediterranean that
possesses its own unique alphabet made
up of cuneiform characters while the
alphabet was only discovered by the
modern world in 1928 it dates back as
far as 1500 BC at least today it’s still
incredibly similar to the Arabic
alphabet also discovered in these
tablets is what’s thought to be the
world’s earliest example of musical
notation these pieces are now called the
Horry in songs and the oldest of all of
them is Horry and ham number six which
can still be performed on modern
instruments number one Damascus is one
of the oldest cities in the world
thought to be one of the oldest
continually occupied cities in the
entire world having been inhabited
constantly for over 3,000 years
in fact the first ever reference to the
name Damascus was as long ago as the
15th century BC
the old city of Damascus itself a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
even preserves many crafts dating back
this far including making Pro car silk
and authentic Syrian mosaics Nalepa is
also one of the world’s oldest cities
and both of them were once integral
locations on the Silk Road the network
of ancient trade routes connecting the
east to the west do you agree with our
pics check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about
our latest videos [Music]
there’s much more to this country than
conflict welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ve teamed up with our partners
at WatchMojo arabic to count down our
picks for the top 10 facts people from
Syria want you to know hi everyone I’m
finally on an Assyrian singer I’m super
excited to introduce to you this video
by WatchMojo that talks about ten things
that you don’t know about my beautiful
country Syria and I also wanted to tell
you that WatchMojo is now an Arabic
channel so make sure to subscribe and
enjoy their super cool videos for this
list we’re looking at some of the most
interesting and important facts about
Syria one of the most culturally rich
countries in the world number 10
Syria has a population of over 18
million at its highest the country’s
population even reached as high as 24
million making a point to 4% of the
world’s total population while a
detailed census hasn’t been carried out
for some time it’s been estimated by
professors that roughly 87 percent of
Syrians are Muslims while most of the
remainder are Christian with at least 3
percent being Druze in addition Syrians
also speak many different languages the
official language is Arabic but people
also speak Turkish Kurdish Armenian
Greek and even Aramaic and for different
neo Aramaic dialects as well as English
and French number 9 the shouting Valley
in the six-day war in 1967 a strategic
plateau called Golan Heights became a
battleground the land now shares four
national borders and has been dividing
family stuck on opposite sides for
decades was dangerous razor wire and an
even deadlier minefield now occupying it
families are forced to communicate by
shouting with megaphones across the gap
into the neighboring country despite
there being a ceasefire in place it’s
still tremendously difficult for
families to see each other and so
despite more people using cell phones to
communicate now the shouting valley is
still visited number 8 damascus is known
for its legendary steel true Damascus
steel hasn’t been produced since the
18th century and while many have sought
to recreate it the technique remains
lost in the modern age the steel is
uniquely forged with beautiful intricate
patterns
most commonly used to craft knives
swords and other bladed weapons upon
closer examination of the ancient
technique
a recent study discovered that Damascus
steel actually contains carbon nanotubes
making an incredibly advanced technology
for its time and far superior to other
contemporary weapons perhaps one day
this ancient craft will be truly
rediscovered some claim that Damascus
steel is strong enough to cut clean
through a rifle barrel number seven
Syrian cuisine comes from a mix of
cultures since so many different
cultures have settled in Syria over such
an immense period of time these have all
blended together to create some of the
tastiest and most exciting food anywhere
in the world with influences including
ancient Persia and the Turks of the
Ottoman Empire Syrian food is both
distinct and delicious and is made even
more unique by every different city
having its own take on traditional
dishes like keep it other food includes
sweets and candies popular throughout
the entire Middle East as well as the
variety of street food you can get like
shawarma and Damascus is famous feta
number six Syria became independent from
France less than a hundred years ago
Syria has a long history of being under
the control of various empires and
colonists most recently the Ottoman
Empire who ruled for over four centuries
until 1918 and then Vichy France
afterwards it was on the 17th of April
1946 that Syria finally became an
independent country free of colonial
influence though they’d already
proclaimed independence in 1941 this by
no means marked the end of political
strife in the area but the date is still
celebrated every year it’s called
evacuation Day commemorating the
evacuation of the last French soldier
from Syrian territory number five
Emilie’s royal archive has clay tablets
dating back thousands of years in the
1970s in northern Syria a group of
archaeologists rediscovered the ancient
city of Ebla with the discovery of the
ruins also came the discovery of clay
tablets roughly 17,000 of them 1800 of
which are complete and legible the
tablets are written in both Sumerian and
ebb light so named because it was
completely unknown before being found on
the tablets a whole lost language the
tablets and ruins date back to circa
2500 BC
eat and shed light on what life was like
in ancient Mesopotamia covering topics
from Commerce to diplomacy to industry
number four it’s home to six UNESCO
World Heritage Sites Syria’s rich
culture is further evidenced by it
having six UNESCO World Heritage Sites
most of them large cities with even more
landmarks and monuments within their
walls ancient settlements like Damascus
and Aleppo are hugely important as well
as the city of Basra which used to be a
major stopping point for religious
pilgrims traveling to Mecca the track de
Chevalier is another protected site a
significant medieval castle dating back
almost a thousand years to the Crusades
number three Syria has one of the
largest mosques in the world the Umayyad
Mosque in Damascus also commonly called
the Great Mosque of Damascus is one of
the most important religious and
historical sites worldwide it was built
on the site of an ancient Basilica of
John the Baptist with its construction
completed in 715 ad as well as
supposedly containing the head of John
the Baptist himself it’s also the
location of the tomb of Saladin the land
has been sacred for three millennia and
the mosque is considered the fourth
holiest place in all of Islam finally
even more history was made when here in
2001 pope john paul ii became the first
pope to ever visit a mosque number two
the first alphabet was invented there
who guarded is an ancient city along the
shore of the Mediterranean that
possesses its own unique alphabet made
up of cuneiform characters while the
alphabet was only discovered by the
modern world in 1928 it dates back as
far as 1500 BC at least today it’s still
incredibly similar to the Arabic
alphabet also discovered in these
tablets is what’s thought to be the
world’s earliest example of musical
notation these pieces are now called the
Horry in songs and the oldest of all of
them is Horry and ham number six which
can still be performed on modern
instruments number one Damascus is one
of the oldest cities in the world
thought to be one of the oldest
continually occupied cities in the
entire world having been inhabited
constantly for over 3,000 years
in fact the first ever reference to the
name Damascus was as long ago as the
15th century BC
the old city of Damascus itself a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
even preserves many crafts dating back
this far including making Pro car silk
and authentic Syrian mosaics Nalepa is
also one of the world’s oldest cities
and both of them were once integral
locations on the Silk Road the network
of ancient trade routes connecting the
east to the west do you agree with our
pics check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about
our latest videos [Music]
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