Euphrates Valley

Overview

The Euphrates crosses eastern Syria in a band of irrigated farmland, palm and poplar, with archaeological mounds every few kilometres along both banks.

Why visit

• River landscape in a desert region
• Archaeology along both banks
• River fish and local food

Historical layers

Periods recorded for this place in the DAHAB database. Open any period for its full history.

1. Mari3rd–2nd millennium BCE↓
2. Assyrianc. 900–600 BCE↓
3. Abbasid750–1258 CE↓
4. Modern Syria1918–today