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Palmyra
The beginnings of Palmyra are not clear. The name appears in the Bible, which claims it was built by Solomon.
History of Palmyra
Started as a Mesopotamian settlement, Palmyra was controlled by the Arameans from the second millennium B.C., before Arabs arrived in the first millennium B.C.
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