Al-Rastan, Syria
Syria
Al-Rastan, Syria connects to 3455 places across 7 topics through 29 Bunkabop connections, led by military and history. Many ties concern the Syrian civil war, when the city was an opposition stronghold until 2018. Others reach back to ancient Arethusa, founded by Seleucus I Nicator, whose Syriac name Arastan appears in records of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. It shares the most connections with Syria, Damascus and Aleppo, and links to Lebanon through debate over where Maron is buried.
Syriac Christians
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Urfa, Turkey | Hadchit, Lebanon | Thrikkalathoor, India
Deir al-Fardis
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Baarin, Syria | Bisin, Syria | Jarjisa, Syria | Hirbnafsah, Syria
Seleucid dynasty
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Greece | Egypt | Syria | Khuzestan province | Balas, Iran
Maron
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Canada | Brooklyn, New York | Syria | Lebanon | Ḥaʼil
Syrian Armed Forces
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Daraa, Syria | Suwayda, Syria | Khirbet Ghazaleh, Syria | Deir Atiyah, Syria | Banin, Syria
Amr ibn Ma'adi Yakrib
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Iran | Basra, Iraq | Isfahan, Iran | Qom, Iran | Sanaa, Yemen
metropolitan see
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Aleppo, Syria | Mardin, Turkey | Diyarbakır, Turkey | Damietta, Egypt | Faiyum, Egypt
French Mandate of Syria
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Homs, Syria | Latakia, Syria | Quneitra Governorate | Aleppo Governorate | Salkhad, Syria
First Council of Nicaea
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: California | Italy | Rome, Italy | Egypt | Milan, Italy
Seleucus I Nicator
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: India | Greece | Egypt | Iran | Afghanistan
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: India | Jordan | Egypt | Iraq | Jerusalem, Israel
Sicily
Connects Al-Rastan, Syria to: Manhattan, New York | Cyprus | Malta | Tunisia | Sardinia