Individual #Damascus__capital_of_Syria  an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
  instance of:  national_capital
  member:  Damascene
  part of:  Syria__Syrian_Arab_Republic  an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
     part of:  Middle_East__Near_East  the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
     part of:  Asia  the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
        part of:  Eurasia  the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
           part of:  eastern_hemisphere__easternhemisphere__orient  the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia
           part of:  northern_hemisphere  the hemisphere north of the equator

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