Aleppo
a city of Turkey in Asia, in northern Syria, on the Koeik river, 71 miles E. of the Mediterranean. The ALEPPO Twice he was condemned to death on account of supposed intrigues in favor of England against Charles VIII. and Louis XI., but was pardoned, and died in 1476. RENÉ, son of Jean IV., aroused suspicion, and Louis XI., in 1481, had him confined three months in an iron cage. After the death of Louis XI. he foundation of Aleppo dates back to about 2,000 years B. C. Its first name was Khaleb, which the Greeks called Chlybon.
After the fall of Palmyra, it became of great importance. Seleucos Nikator beautified the city city and called it Beroyia, which name it bore till its conquest by the Arabs; then the name was Haleb, ALESSANDRIA which the Italians called Aleppo. It was conquered by the Saracens in 636; was the seat of a Seljuk sultanate in the 11th and 12th centuries; was plundered by Timur in 1402; in the 15th century became the great emporium of trade bethe Turks in 1517; and was nearly dethe Turks in 1517; and was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1822, when it lost two-thirds of its 250,000 inhabitants. The present inhabitants are Turks, Greeks, Armenians, and Jews. In spite of the earthquakes and insurrections, which devastated the city, there is now a great trade there. The chief exports are apples, dyestuffs, cotton, tobacco, wheat, nuts, oil, etc. Pop. about 250,000.
It was occupied by British forces in 1918.