Modern archaeologists say 'no' - there is no evidence of a great Israelite empire during the tenth century BCE. They say that the brief expansion of Israel only occurred during the time of the Omrite kings. In fact, scholars believe that, on the available evidence, Solomon probably did not really exist.
However, The Bible tells of a great Israelite empire under Kings David and Solomon. Scholars are divided on the size of the empire described in the Bible, but the 'maximalist' view says that it would have included Damascus.
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Damascus was in the Roman Empire. It was in the Roman province of Syria, one of the provinces of the Roman Empire
Damascus was the capital of Umayyad empire.
The Abbasids moved their capital to Baghdad because they wanted to move it closer to Damascus during the time when Umayyad's capital was Damascus. In which means that the Abbasid empire wants to overthrow the Umayyad empire.
East of Cyprus and Sidon and Northeast of Jerusalem.
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Damascus is the capital of Syria, and Middle Eastern country, and located in the southwest part of the country.
At first it was Baghdad, but later I believe the capital was moved to Damascus.
Jack Solomons has written: 'Jack Solomons tells all'
The Arab Empire spread to all of Southwest Asia, Damascus, North Africa, Spain, and then eastward into the lands beyond Persia.
Solomons Cockatoo was created in 1853.