Timeline of Syrian history

This is a timeline of Syrian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Syria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Syria.

Millennia: 1st BC ·1st–2nd·3rd Centuries: 1st·2nd·3rd·4th·5th·6th·7th·8th·9th·10th·11th·12th·13th·14th·15th·16th·17th·18th·19th·20th·See also·Further reading

1st century
Syria is not

11th century
‘'Poet 'Al Maari' writes 'The Epistle of Forgiveness' amongst other great works.'’

19th century
Massacre of Aleppo 1860 Mount Lebanon civil war