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Birthdate: July 19, 1223
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cumania
Died: July 1, 1277
Birthdate: December 30, 1930
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
Birthdate: 0731 AD
Birthplace: Palmyra, Syria
Died: August 31, 0788
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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
(The 10th Umayyad Caliph Who Built Many Palaces and Reformed His Kingdom's Taxation System)
Birthdate: 0691 AD
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
Died: February 6, 0743
The 10th Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik reigned during a relatively calm period. His main goal was to defend the vast empire that he had inherited. He built countless castles and palaces in Syria. He is also believed to have reformed the agricultural taxation system of his kingdom.
Birthdate: 0220 AD
Birthplace: Palmyra, Syria
Died: 0267 AD
Birthdate: 0324 BC
Birthplace: Macedonia
Died: 0261 BC
Birthdate: 1085 AD
Birthplace: Aleppo, Syria
Died: September 14, 1146
Birthdate: 0254 AD
Died: November 20, 0284
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Muawiya II
(3rd Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate)
Birthdate: March 28, 0664
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Syria
Died: 0684 AD
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Seleucus IV Philopator
(Ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, reigned from 187 BC to 175 BC)
Birthdate: 0218 AD
Birthplace: Syria
Died: September 3, 0175
Birthdate: 0187 BC
Birthplace: Syria
Died: 0150 BC
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Demetrius II Nicator
(King of Syria)
Birthdate: 0160 BC
Birthplace: Syria
Died: 0125 BC
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Alexander Balas
(Second Century BC King of Syria Who Reigned over the Seleucid Empire)
Birthplace: Smyrna, Turkey
Died: July 31, 0145
Second century BC king of Syria Alexander Balas ruled over the Seleucid Empire. He made Jonathan Maccabeus the Jewish governor, thus appeasing Palestine. He was helped by the Roman Senate and the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty during his reign but was killed in combat against Demetrius II Nicator.
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Seleucus VI Epiphanes
(Seleucid Monarch Who Ruthlessly Imposed Heavy Taxes to Fund His Wars)
Died: 0094 BC
Hellenistic Seleucid monarch Seleucus VI Epiphanes grew up amid a civil war between his father, Antiochus VIII, and his uncle, Antiochus IX, and seized power after killing his uncle in a battle. Known for his ruthlessness, he taxed his people heavily to support his wars. He was apparently burnt alive by rioters.
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
Birthdate: 1273
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Damascus, Syria
Died: October 27, 1331
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Pacorus I
(Parthian prince)
Birthdate: 0063 AD
Birthplace: Syria
Died: 0038 AD