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ID: 7025844
Page Link:
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Record Type:
administrative
Mesene (historical region)
Note:
Was a province of the Sasanian empire and an early Kingdom of Mesopotamia, located by the Persian Gulf; it rose with decline of the Seleucids in 2nd century BC.
Names:
Mesene
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Meshan
(
H
,
V
)
............
Persian name
Characene
(
H
,
V
)
............
was named after city of Charax in modern S Iraq
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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Asia
(continent) (
P
)
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Iraq
(nation) (
P
)
............
Mesene
(historical region) (
P
)
Place Types:
historical region (
preferred
,
C
)
kingdom (
H
)
vassal state (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Characene..........
[
VP
]
....................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
....................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
340
Mesene..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 01/08/2001
Meshan..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 01/08/2001
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
350
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002)
accessed 01/08/2001
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
340; 350
Note:
English
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[
VP
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