What's the oldest capital in the world?
Damascus (/d����m��sk��s/ d��-MASS-k��s, UK also /d����m����sk��s/ d��-MAH-sk��s; Arabic: �����������, romanized: Dimashq, IPA: [di��ma��q]) is the capital of Syria, the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as a��-����m (�����������������) and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine" (������������������ ����������������������������� Mad��nat al-Y��sm��n), Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.
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