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to Damascus ...attracted to a place where a river, the Baradā,
rising in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains (Al-Jabal al-Sharqī),
watered a large and fertile oasis before vanishing into the
desert. This tract, al-Ghūṭah, has supported a substantial
population for thousands of years. Damascus itself grew on a
terrace 2,250 feet (690 metres) above sea level, south of Mount
Qāsiyūn... irrigation by Baradā River ...Aramaean, and
especially Roman origin, fan out as they reach the edge of
Damascus, irrigating an area of about 145 square miles (375
square km). This system, kept in repair over time, has created
Al-Ghūṭah, a fertile belt near the city of Damascus in what
would otherwise have been an arid place. What made you want to
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