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ID: 6000057
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Adiabene (historical region)  Adiabene (historical region)

Note: Adiabene was a petty kingdom and vassal state of the Parthian Empire (flourished 247 BCE-224 CE). The capital was Arbela. The royal family converted to Judaism in the 1st century CE. Adiabene was frequently attacked by the Romans; Adiabene, as well as the entire Tigris-Euphrates basin of northern Mesopotamia, was incorporated as a province into the Roman Empire ca. 116 CE.

Names:
Adiabene (preferred,C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Iraq (nation)  ........  Iraq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Adiabene (historical region)  ............  Adiabene (historical region) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mesopotamia (general region)  ........  Mesopotamia (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Adiabene (historical region)  ............  Adiabene (historical region) (P,H)

Place Types:
historical region (preferred, C)
kingdom (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Adiabene..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 30 October 2000
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 30 October 2000
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 15 July 2004

 

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