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An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village.

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Palmyra

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Palmyra

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/pælˈmaɪɹə/

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パルミラ：古代シリアに存在した歴史ある都市。現在の中央シリアに位置し、シリア砂漠のオアシスとして知られ、約紀元前2000年頃から記録され、複数の帝国の支配を受けた後、273年と1400年に破壊された経緯を持つ。

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歴史家たちはしばしば中央シリアの古代オアシス都市を訪れて遺跡を調べ、何千年も栄えたその地での生活がどのようなものだったかを思い描く。

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In the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus (1:131; 3.8) mentioned the importance of the cult of Al-Ilât, i.e. Allat, in ancient Arabia. Her sanctuary at Palmyra (Pl. XVII), excavated in the 1970s by the Polish mission, is in the neighborhood of the temple of Baal Shamin and lends a special character to the city's western quarter, in which Arab tribes settled during the second century B.C.

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A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States.

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A census-designated place, the county seat of Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.

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