| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:archaeological_site 
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                                | gptkbp:abandoned | gptkb:Arab_conquest economic decline
 8th to 10th centuries
 changes in trade routes
 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | Forgotten Cities 
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                                | gptkbp:architecturalStyle | gptkb:Roman gptkb:Byzantine
 
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                                | gptkbp:composedOf | about 40 villages 
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                                | gptkbp:culturalSignificance | gptkb:Syriac_Christianity Byzantine Empire
 
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                                | gptkbp:features | gptkb:church gptkb:public_baths
 cisterns
 houses
 agricultural installations
 
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                                | gptkbp:flourishedDuring | 4th to 6th centuries CE 
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                                | gptkbp:hasInscription | gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Committee 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:northwestern_Syria 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | early Christian churches agricultural remains
 preserved domestic architecture
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePlace | gptkb:Jerada Kharab Shams
 Ruweiha
 Serjilla
 Shinshara
 al-Bara
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | Ancient Villages of Northern Syria 
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                                | gptkbp:populationPeak | tens of thousands 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Aleppo_Governorate gptkb:Idlib_Governorate
 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | well-preserved late antique villages 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1st to 7th centuries CE 
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                                | gptkbp:threats | gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War looting
 urban encroachment
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria | iv iii
 v
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCO_reference_number | 1348 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCO_region | gptkb:Arab_States 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Ancient Villages of Northern Syria since 2011
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:The_Future_Sound_of_London gptkb:The_Exploited
 gptkb:FSOL
 gptkb:Idlib_Governorate,_Syria
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Dead Cities 
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