SyriaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSTürkiye

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · SYR LEFT · TUR RIGHT

1. 1516 CE

   Ottoman conquest of Syria

   Sultan Selim I defeats the Mamluks and incorporates Syria into the Ottoman Empire, beginning four centuries of Ottoman rule over Damascus, Aleppo and the Syrian lands.

   War & Rupture · from the Syria chronicle · Saladin, the Mamluks and Ottoman Rule · REFS 2 — Syria — history, Mamluk dynasty — rulers of Egypt and Syria (1250–1517)

2. 1918 CE

   End of Ottoman rule

   During the First World War the Arab Revolt and Allied forces drive the Ottomans from Syria, ending four hundred years of Ottoman dominion and opening the way to French and British arrangements for the region.

   War & Rupture · from the Syria chronicle · Saladin, the Mamluks and Ottoman Rule · REFS 2 — Syria — history, A Guide to the History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Syria