“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
- Plato

seven thousand years of trade

Photograph of a man in Damascus making donkey saddlebags by John Phillips, 1943.

Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth.

An earlier reference to Damascus on this blog here.

Road to Damascus

From the biblical story of the Apostle Paul, a Damascus Road Conversion refers to an abrupt about-face on a serious issue of religion, politics, or philosophy. A single, dramatic event causes a person to be aligned with something they previously found anathema.

Historical details here.