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ID: 7002600
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002600
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Al-Ḥaḍr (inhabited place)  Al-Ḥaḍr (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 34 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.5667  decimal degrees
Long: 042 43 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 42.7167  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient village of Mesopotamia. Founded as a military post in the 1st century BCE by the Parthian Empire of southwestern Asia. Site of invasion by the Roman Emperor Trajan in 117 CE. Conquered by Shapur I, ruler of Persia from 241 to 272 CE. Recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site.

Names:
Al-Ḥaḍr (preferred,C,V)
Al Hadhr (C,O)
Al Hadr (C,V)
Hatra (H,O)
Hatrae (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-ʻIrāq (nation)  ........  Al-ʻIrāq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nīnawá (governorate)  ............  Nīnawá (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-Ḥaḍr (inhabited place)  ................  Al-Ḥaḍr (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  ancient site flourished ca. 150 BCE to 250 CE
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Al Hadhr..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336
Al-Ḥaḍr..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Al Hadr..........  [BWR Preferred, VP]
.................  BWR database (2010-)
Hatra..........  [VP]
..............  Iraq, Natural History (2001)
..............  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 344
Hatrae..........  [VP]
.................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Subject: .....  [BWR, VP]
..................  ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................  BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) BWR-10
..................  BWR database (2010-)
..................  Iraq, Natural History (2001)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336; 344
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  "Iraq's Cultural Patrimony At Risk, Again." CAA News, March 2003.
..........  BWR database (2010-)
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) v. I, 379

 

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