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Edessa

Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/; Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα, romanized: Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey. It was founded during the Hellenistic period by Macedonian general and self proclaimed king Seleucus I Nicator (r. 305–281 BC), founder of the Seleucid Empire. He named it after an ancient Macedonian…

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Nodes212
Edges211
Triples140
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009434
Components1

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related to Middle Ages · 27
Edessa → Arab, Arabs, Armenians, August, Byzantines, Christ, Constantinople, Fourth Crusade, George Maniakes, Greeks, Image, In, It, Latins, Lekapenos, Marwanids, Republic, Romanos, Romanus's, Syrians
related to Names · 24
Edessa → Admaʾ, Adme, Admi, Admum, Ancient Greek, Antiochia, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Assyrian, BC, Callirhoe, Callirhoem, Callirrhoe, Edessan, Hellenistic, Imperial Aramaic, It, Latin, Macedonia, Macedonian, Nicator
related to Antiquity · 21
Edessa → Abgarid, Armenia, Armenian Mesopotamia's, Bardaisan, BC, Christianity, Following, From, In, Lucius Verus, Osroene, Parthia, Parthians, Pompey, Roman, Roman Empire, Romans, Seleucid Empire, This, Tigranes
related to External links · 19
Edessa → Andre Palmer, Antioch, April, Byzantium An, Callirhoe, Classical Sites, Edessa Archived, EdessaAncient Coins, EdessaRichard Stillwell, Egeria's, Golden, Images, Journal, Justinopolis, Old, Princeton Encyclopedia, Turkey, Urfa, Wayback Machine
related to Late Antiquity · 19
Edessa → Abgar, Abgar Legend, According, Around, Caesarea, Christ, Christians, Chronicle, Church History, Diocletianic Persecution, Eusebius, Holy Wisdom, Jesus, Jewish, Letter, Licinius, Roman Empire, Syriac, The
related to Geography · 11
Edessa → Asia Minor, Carrhae, Euphrates, Harran, Mount Masius, Samosata, Samsat, Taurus Mountains, The, Tigris, Zeugma
related to history · 9
Edessa → By, In, Muslim, Ottoman, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans, Persian Wars, Safavid Iran, Under
related to Syriac literature · 5
Edessa → AD, Following, Greek, Syriac, The
see also · 4
Edessa → EdessaKnanayaList, EdessaMatthew, Greek, List
is a · 1
Edessa → predecessor of modern Urfa

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Edessais apredecessor of modern Urfa0.90text
Edessarelated to AntiquityIn0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityBC0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquitySeleucid Empire0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityParthia0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityAbgarid0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityOsroene0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityThis0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityParthians0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityTigranes0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityArmenia0.60section
Edessarelated to AntiquityArmenian Mesopotamia's0.60section

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