Palmyra

In the mid 1st Century Palmyra, a wealthy and elegant city located along the caravan Silk Road routes.

Palmyra linked ancient Persia with the Mediterranean sea ports of Roman Syria and Phoenicia, which later came under Roman control.

This desert oasis city thrived during the time of Queen Zenobia just after the Romans regrouped closer to Europe from attacks of the Sassanid Empire in Persia.