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Harran (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 51 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.8500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on main trade routes from Babylonia to the Mediterranean, an important city of N Mesopotamia in ancient times; seat of Assyrian moon god; site of defeat of Assyrians by Babylonians 609 BCE; Roman legion of Crassus defeated by the Parthians here. |
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| Harran (preferred,C,V)
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| Haran (C,V)
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| Altunbasak (C,V)
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| Altinbasak (C,V)
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| Carrhae (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Carrae (H,V)
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| Charan (H,V)
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| Charran (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Urfa (province) (P) |
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Harran (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was ancient center |
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