The history of syria covers events which occurred on the territory of the present syrian arab republic and events which occurred in the region of syriathe present syrian arab republic spans territory which was first unified in the 10th century bce under the neo assyrian empire the capital of which was the city of assur from which the name syria most likely derives. The modern history of syria begins with the termination of ottoman control of syria by french forces and the establishment of the occupied enemy territory administration during world war i the short lived arab kingdom of syria emerged in 1920 which was however soon committed under the french mandate which produced the short lived autonomous state of aleppo state of damascus alawite state and jabal al druze the autonomies were transformed into the mandatory syrian republic in . The history of syria prehistory modern day 2nd edition by david d kovey author 10 out of 5 stars 1 rating isbn 13 978 1519547286 isbn 10 1519547285 why is isbn important isbn this bar code number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book the 13 digit and 10 digit formats both work . last version the history of syria prehistory modern day uploaded by john grisham another emperor of syrian origin was philip the arab born in modern day shahba he reigned from 244 to 249 his reign enjoyed relative stability he maintained good relations with the senate reaffirmed old roman virtues and traditions and started many