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Şanlıurfa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 10 01 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.1671 decimal degrees |
| Long: 038 47 38 E degrees minutes |
Long: 38.7939 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on fecund Haran plain; tradition links its foundation to King Nemrod; known as the birthplace of Abraham; captured by Arabs about 638 CE; occupied by Crusaders from 1098; taken by Muslims in 1144; absorbed into Ottoman Empire in 1637. |
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| Şanlıurfa (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Urfa (C,V)
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............ | since 1637 |
| Urfeh (C,V)
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| Ourfa (C,V)
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| Orfa (C,V)
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| Antioch By Callirhoe (H,V)
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| Antioch Ourfa (H,V)
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| Antiochia ad Callirhoem (H,V)
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| Arrhoe (H,V)
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| ar-Ruhā (H,V)
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| ar-Ruha (H,V)
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| Ar-ruhā (H,V)
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| Edessa (H,V)
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............ | renamed upon the town's refounding as military settlement, 3rd cen. BC |
| Edessa Mesopotamiae (H,V)
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| Edesia (H,V)
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| Orrhoe (H,V)
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| Ioustinianoupolis (H,V)
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| Urhai (H,V)
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............ | early Aramaic |
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Urfa (province) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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probably the main city of a Hurrian state in the 2nd mill. BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| religious center (H) |
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early Christian center, 3rd cen. |
| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Göbekli Tepe .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Urfa) [7032371] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Antiochia ad Callirhoem.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 10 March 2020 |
| Ioustinianoupolis.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 10 March 2020 |
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