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Arslantepe: History & Trade

Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains. It has been identified with the modern archaeological site of Arslantepe near Malatya, Turkey.

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Arslantepe topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Trade as prominent areas in the source structure around Arslantepe.

Related topics
49
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
53
Extracted relationships
65
Related term clusters
15
Bridge connections
53

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 24 topics
Archaeology · 14 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Early swords and metal trade · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Location
Turkey
Archaeologists
Louis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri
Area
4.85 ha (12.0 acres)
Buffer zone
74.07 ha (183.0 acres)
Condition
In ruins
Criteria
Cultural: (iii)

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Overview

History

Archaeology

Early swords and metal trade

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How Arslantepe connects Entity context

The extracted context around Arslantepe shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Arslantepe → Alba Palmieri, Beginning, Claude, French, Gertrude Bell, Hansen, Iron Age, Italian, Late Bronze, Louis Delaporte, Marcella Frangipane, Neo-Hittite, Osten, Professors Piero Meriggi, Puglisi, Rome, Salvatore, Sapienza University, Schaeffer, The Hittitologist Meriggi Another extracted example is Arslantepe → Araxes, Around, Birecik, Birecik Dam Cemetery, Caucasus, EBI-EBII, Kura, Melid, Settlement, Turkey, Uruk-oriented. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Arslantepe

Top relations

related to Archaeology · 21
Arslantepe → Alba Palmieri, Beginning, Claude, French, Gertrude Bell, Hansen, Iron Age, Italian, Late Bronze, Louis Delaporte, Marcella Frangipane, Neo-Hittite, Osten, Professors Piero Meriggi, Puglisi, Rome, Salvatore, Sapienza University, Schaeffer, The Hittitologist Meriggi
related to Early Bronze · 11
Arslantepe → Araxes, Around, Birecik, Birecik Dam Cemetery, Caucasus, EBI-EBII, Kura, Melid, Settlement, Turkey, Uruk-oriented
related to Expansion of Kura–Araxes and trade in ores · 9
Arslantepe → Already, Also, Araxes, Arslantepe VII, Black Sea, Caucasus, Kura, Royal Tomb, Upper Mesopotamia
related to Early swords and metal trade · 8
Arslantepe → Among, Analysis, BCE, Early Bronze Age, Marcella Frangipane, Rome, Sapienza University, Two
related to Late Chalcolithic · 4
Arslantepe → Chalcolithic, Late Chalcolithic, LC, VII
Archaeologists · 1
Arslantepe → Louis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri
Area · 1
Arslantepe → 4.85 ha (12.0 acres)
Buffer zone · 1
Arslantepe → 74.07 ha (183.0 acres)
Condition · 1
Arslantepe → In ruins
Criteria · 1
Arslantepe → Cultural: (iii)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

found site melid period tomb also turkey metal swords building uruk level copper two objects city settlement area mound end

Arslantepe relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 65 structured relationships around Arslantepe. Examples in this analysis include Arslantepe → Archaeologists → Louis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri and Arslantepe → Area → 4.85 ha (12.0 acres). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ArslantepeArchaeologistsLouis Delaporte, Claude F.A. Schaeffer, Piero Meriggi, Salvatore M. Puglisi, Alba Palmieri1.00infobox
ArslantepeArea4.85 ha (12.0 acres)1.00infobox
ArslantepeBuffer zone74.07 ha (183.0 acres)1.00infobox
ArslantepeConditionIn ruins1.00infobox
ArslantepeCriteriaCultural: (iii)1.00infobox
ArslantepeDesignated2021 (44th session)1.00infobox
ArslantepeExcavation dates1932-1939, 1946-1951, 1961-19681.00infobox
ArslantepeLocationTurkey1.00infobox
ArslantepeOfficial nameArslantepe Mound1.00infobox
ArslantepeReference no.16221.00infobox
ArslantepeRegionMalatya Province1.00infobox
ArslantepeTypeSettlement1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Arslantepe bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Turkey, Site and Period. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Arslantepe
    • Turkey
    • Site
    • Period
    • Lc
    • Area
    • Metal
    • Melid
    • Neo-hittite
    • Mound
    • Ores
    • Trade
    • City
  • arslantepe
    • Turkey
    • Site
    • Period
    • Lc
    • Area
    • Metal
    • Melid
    • Neo-hittite
    • Mound
    • Ores
    • Trade
    • City
  • early swords and metal trade
    • Age
    • Bronze
    • Trade
    • Tomb
    • Settlement
    • Swords
    • Ores
    • Turkey
    • Level
    • Objects
    • Found
    • Period
  • uruk period
    • Level
    • Period
    • Uruk
    • Lc
    • End
    • Monumental
    • Objects
    • Building
    • Pottery
    • Settlement
    • Found
    • Tomb
  • turkey
    • Arslantepe
    • Site
    • Also
    • Age
    • Araxes
    • Bronze
    • Kura
    • Ores
    • Trade
    • Area
    • Settlement
    • Swords
  • archaeological site
    • Turkey
    • Age
    • Bronze
    • Mound
    • Melid
    • Lc
    • Monumental
    • Area
    • Copper
    • Building
    • Level
    • Uruk
  • unesco world heritage site
    • Turkey
    • Age
    • Bronze
    • Mound
    • Melid
    • Lc
    • Monumental
    • Area
    • Copper
    • Building
    • Level
    • Uruk
  • chalcolithic period
    • Uruk
    • Level
    • End
    • Objects
    • Pottery
    • Settlement
    • Found
    • Tomb
    • Assyrian
    • Large
    • Lc
    • Turkey

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Arslantepe, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Arslantepe with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Arslantepe — History · splits 29 ⟂ 25
Arslantepe — Archaeology · splits 39 ⟂ 15
Arslantepe — Overview · splits 46 ⟂ 8
Arslantepe — Early swords and metal trade · splits 49 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Arslantepe

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples65
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Arslantepe to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Trade, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Arslantepe · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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