Amida

E344307
ancient city historical settlement

Amida was the ancient name of the city now known as Diyarbakır, a historically significant fortified settlement in southeastern Anatolia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amida canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
attestedIn Byzantine chronicles ⓘ
Syriac Christian texts ⓘ
late Roman historical sources ⓘ
conqueredBy Arab Muslim forces ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
hasFeature citadel ⓘ
fortified city walls ⓘ
strategic hilltop position ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
Sasanian period ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
hasMaterial black basalt stone (city walls) ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Amitābha Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Ἄμιδα (Amida)
hasNameInLatin Amida self-link ⓘ
hasNameInSyriac Amed ⓘ
surface form: Amid
hasReligion Islam (after Arab conquest) ⓘ
Syriac Churches ⓘ
surface form: Syriac Christianity

Zoroastrian presence during Sasanian rule ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
heritageConnection Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens"
knownFor late Roman and Byzantine defenses ⓘ
massive basalt fortifications ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman province of Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Armenia Mesopotamia

Roman province of Mesopotamia ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
modern-day Turkey ⓘ
Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Anatolia
modernName Diyarbakır ⓘ
partOf Roman–Sasanian frontier zone ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Sasanian frontier

Roman eastern frontier ⓘ
predecessorOf Diyarbakır ⓘ
surface form: medieval city of Diyarbakır
regionNowPartOf Diyarbakır Province ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey
servedAs military stronghold ⓘ
regional administrative center ⓘ
situatedOn Tigris ⓘ
surface form: Tigris River

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diyarbakır → ancientName → Amida ⓘ
John of Ephesus → birthPlace → Amida ⓘ
Amida → hasNameInLatin → Amida self-link ⓘ
Amed → alternativeName → Amida ⓘ