| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Dust-laden winds blowing in from the desert are somewhat mitigated by small mountain ranges to the east and south of the city.City layoutDamascus was an active commercial centre in the 2nd millennium BCE and developed through different stages of urbanization thereafter, reaching its zenith at the beginning of the 7th century CE when it became the capital of the Umayyad empire.
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