Political Leaders in Damascus
The atlas holds 6 people and 6 moments here, from 1272 BC to 2012. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Pope John Paul II and Kofi Annan.
Notable people
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1905
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Pope John Paul II
in 2001
1 moment here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Kofi Annan
in 2012
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Ibn Khaldun
in 1401
1 moment here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Saladin
in 1193
1 moment here
Kurdish military commander, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and sultan of Egypt and Syria. Born at Tikrit, Saladin rose through the Zengid…
Ramesses II
in 1272 BC
1 moment here
Ramesses II, commonly called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.…
Moments
- 1272 BC Advances to Damascus and Upi Ramesses II
- 1193 Dies at Damascus Saladin
- 1401 Meeting Timur outside Damascus Ibn Khaldun
- 1905 Posted to the Fifth Army in Damascus Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 2001 Prayer in Umayyad Mosque Pope John Paul II
- 2012 Syria mission in Damascus Kofi Annan