Owu Nkurow Akɛse

**Owu Nkurow Akɛse** (Arabic: المدن الميتة) anaa Nkurow a hɔn werɛ afi (Arabic: المدن المنسية) yɛ ekuw a ɔwɔ akuraase 700 a hɔn agyaw hɔ wɔ Syria atsifi atɔeɛ wɔ Aleppo na Idlib ntam. Nkuraase bɛyɛ 40 a hɔn aboaboa ano wɔ fam tutu mmɔntsen do atrae awɔtwe a ɔwɔ Syria atsifi fam atɔe no ma yehu nkuraase asetra wɔ Tsetse mber no awiei na Byzantium ber do. Wogyaw nkuraase dodow no ara a efi afeha a edzi kan kosi afeha a ɔtɔ do 7 mu no wɔ afeha a ɔtɔ do 8 na 10 ntam hɔ. Nkurow no kyerɛ adansi nkaeɛ a hɔn akora do yie a ɔfa adan, abosonsom asɔredan, asɔredan, abura, aguaree na nea ɔkeka ho Nkuropɔn a ewuwu a ɔho hia no bi nye Asɔre a ɔwɔ Saint Simeon Stylites, Serjilla na al Bara.

Owu Nkurow Akɛse no wɔ bea bi a ɔkorɔn a wɔdze abo a wɔfrɛ no limestone ayɛ a wɔfrɛ no Limestone Massif. Saa tsetse atraeɛ yi yɛ bea a nye tsɛtrɛtɛ yɛ kilomita 20–40 (akwansin 12–25) na nye tsentsen bɛyɛ kilomita 140 (akwansin 87). Mbepɔw akuw ebasa ka Massif no ho: nea edzi kan nye Bepɔw Simeon na Kurd Bepɔw a ɔwɔ atsifi fam kuw no; finimfin kuw a ɔtɔ do ebien nye Harim Mmepɔw kuw no; anafo fam kuw a ɔto do ebaasa na Zawiya Bepɔw kuw no.

## Abakɔsɛm
Chris Wickham, wɔ tumi mu nhwehwɛmu a ɔfa Roma ekyi wiadze no ho no, "Framing the Early Middle Ages" (2006) kyerɛ dɛ na eyinom yɛ akuafo a wodzi yiye atrae a ɔwɔ nkurow akɛse mu ndzɛmba pɔtsee kakraa bi anaadɛ ennyi bi koraa. Ɔman no mu adansi ho ndzɛmba a aka a ɔyɛ nwonwa no fi akuafo a wonyaa mfaso fii amanaman ntsam ngodua ngo aguadzi a emu yɛ dzen a ɔkɔɔ do wɔ Tsetse mber no awiei no mu bae.

Ekyingye foforo ne dɛ na eyinom yɛ nkurow a edzi yiye a ɔrenya nkɔdo osiandɛ na ɔwɔ aguadzi akwan atsitsir do wɔ Byzantium Ahemman no mu ntsi, na ɔnyɛ akuafo atrae a wodzi yiye ara kwa. Ber a Arabfo dzii do nkonyim ekyi no, aguadzi akwan no sesae, na dzea efii mu bae nye dɛ saa nkurow yi hweree aguadzi a ɔmaa hɔn sikasɛm nyaa nkɔdo no fa kɛse no ara. Wɔ saa adwene yi ho no, awiei koraa no, atubrafo gyaw hɔn nkurow no dze hɔn enyi kyerɛɛ nkurow afoforo a na ɔrenya nkɔdo wɔ Arabfo na Umayyadfo ase ber a nkurow akɛse a ɔrenya nkɔ anyim no gyee nye do nkɛntsɛndo no.

Tsetse nkuraase a na ɔwɔ Nkurow a ewu no mu no kyerɛ nsakrae a ɔbaa Roma Ahemman no tsetse abosonsomfo wiadze no mu kɔɔ Byzantium Kristosom mu.

Wɔkyerɛw Owu Nkurow Akɛse no dɛ UNESCO Wiadze Agyapadze Bea wɔ afe 2011 mu, wɔ dzin "Tsetse Nkuraase a Ɔwɔ Syria Atsifi Fam" ase.

Ansa na Syria Ɔmanko no reba no na ɔnyɛ dzen dɛ wobetumi akɔ mbea dodow no ara no, na hɔn akora nkurow a ewuwu no mu dodow no ara so yiye na na nsrahwɛfo tumi kɔ mbea no a wontua hwee, ɔwom dɛ ɔyɛ dzen yiye dɛ wobedu Nkurow a ewu no bi ho a wonnyi akwankyerɛ nwoma (akwankyerɛ nwoma bi wɔ hɔ dze). Abdallah Hadjar na ɔkyerɛwee a ɔwɔ asase mfonin a ɔkɔ akyir a mfaso wɔ do dɛ wobehu mbea a wonnyim pii no; *St Simeon Stylites Asɔredan (The Church of St Simeon Stylites) na Fam tutu ho adesua mbea afofor a ɔwɔ Simeon na Halaqa Mbepɔw do.*

## Fam Tutu Ho Adesua Bea
Owu Nkurow Akɛse na mbea a wotutu fam hwehwɛ tsetsefo ndzɛmba mu wɔ Limestone Massif no bi nye Asɔredan a ɔwɔ Ahotsefo Simeon Stylites, Serjilla, Bara, Basufan, Barisha, Qalb Loze, Barad, Cyrrhus, Turmanin, Banabil, Kafr Aruq, Kafr Dariyan, Babuline, Hazarin, Jarada, Maghara, Shinan, . Farkya, Ein Laruz, Ebla, Deir Sunbul, Al-Dana, Sarmada ne Al-Dana. Nyimpa a wɔste ase wɔ ber a wɔdze yɛ edwuma no mu.

### [[Mount Simeon]], [[Kurd Mountain|Mount Kurd]] and Mount Ḥalqa

### [[Harim Mountains]] (Mount Bārīshā and Mount Aʻlā)

### [[Jabal Zawiya|Mount Zāwiya]]

## Hwɛ iyi Nso

* World Heritage Sites in Danger

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