Edessa

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ancient city historical settlement

Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, renowned as a major early center of Syriac Christianity and culture.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Edessa canonical	40
County of Edessa	5
Image of Edessa	2
Edessa (traditional)	1
Osroene	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ
associatedWithLegend	Legend of King Abgar and Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Ephrem the Syrian ⓘ Ibas of Edessa ⓘ King Abgar V of Osroene ⓘ Rabbula of Edessa ⓘ
associatedWithText	Doctrine of Addai ⓘ Edessan Chronicle ⓘ
countryDuringClassicalAntiquity	Roman Empire ⓘ
countryDuringLateAntiquity	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
countryDuringMiddleAges	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Zengid dynasty ⓘ
floruit	early Christian period ⓘ late antiquity ⓘ
foundedBefore	1st century BCE ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Orhay ⓘ Şanlıurfa ⓘ surface form: Urfa Urhay ⓘ
hasCoordinateApprox	37.15°N 38.80°E ⓘ
hasNotableInstitution	School of Edessa ⓘ
knownFor	Christian pilgrimage ⓘ School of Edessa ⓘ Syriac Christianity ⓘ Syriac culture ⓘ Syriac literature ⓘ early Christian scholarship ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Arabic ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Northern Mesopotamia Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Osroene ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ Şanlıurfa ⓘ
modernSuccessorSettlement	Şanlıurfa ⓘ
partOf	Osroene ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Osroene
regionNowIn	Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant	Christianity ⓘ
religionHistoricallyImportant	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ surface form: Church of the East Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Syriac Orthodox Christianity
role	bishopric ⓘ capital of the Kingdom of Osroene ⓘ major center of Syriac Christianity ⓘ major center of Syriac learning ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Syriac → region → Edessa ⓘ

Syriac → region → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Osroene

Principality of Antioch → borderedBy → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Edessa

Cilician Armenia → neighbor → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Edessa

Ephrem the Syrian → deathPlace → Edessa ⓘ

Ephrem the Syrian → regionOfActivity → Edessa ⓘ

School of Edessa → locatedIn → Edessa ⓘ

Kingdom of Jerusalem → neighbor → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Edessa

Outremer → hasPart → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Edessa

Crusader states → hasPart → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Edessa

Zengid dynasty → territory → Edessa ⓘ

St. Jude → cultCenter → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edessa (traditional)

Roman–Parthian frontier zone → hasKeyCity → Edessa ⓘ

Atargatis → majorCultCenter → Edessa ⓘ

Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus → location → Edessa ⓘ

Syriac Churches → hasHistoricalCenter → Edessa ⓘ

Batnan in Serugh → metropolitanSeeOf → Edessa ⓘ

Mor Afrem → associatedWith → Edessa ⓘ

Hymns on Paradise → placeOfOrigin → Edessa ⓘ

Hymns against Heresies → placeOfOrigin → Edessa ⓘ

Roman province of Osrhoene → capital → Edessa ⓘ

Roman province of Osrhoene → hasCenter → Edessa ⓘ

Roman province of Osrhoene → hadMajorCity → Edessa ⓘ

Şanlıurfa, Turkey → historicalName → Edessa ⓘ

subject surface form: Şanlıurfa

Rabbula of Edessa → placeOfDeath → Edessa ⓘ

Osroene → capital → Edessa ⓘ

Osroene → hasCapital → Edessa ⓘ

Osroene → majorCity → Edessa ⓘ

Osroene → religiousCenter → Edessa ⓘ

Doctrine of Addai → setting → Edessa ⓘ

Doctrine of Addai → placeOfOrigin → Edessa ⓘ

Edessan Chronicle → placeOfNarrativeFocus → Edessa ⓘ

King Abgar V of Osroene → associatedWith → Edessa ⓘ

King Abgar V of Osroene → capitalOfRealm → Edessa ⓘ

King Abgar V of Osroene → associatedLegend → Edessa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Image of Edessa

Urhay → hasLatinName → Edessa ⓘ

Urhay → hasAlternativeName → Edessa ⓘ

Orhay → alternativeNameOf → Edessa ⓘ

Parthian capture of Edessa → location → Edessa ⓘ

Siege of Edessa (161–162) → location → Edessa ⓘ

Ibas of Edessa → see → Edessa ⓘ

Ibas of Edessa → placeOfDeath → Edessa ⓘ

Battle of Edessa (260) → associatedCity → Edessa ⓘ

Şanlıurfa → historicalName → Edessa ⓘ

Egeria → described → Edessa ⓘ

Nur ad-Din Zangi → capturedCity → Edessa ⓘ

fall of County of Edessa → hasLocation → Edessa ⓘ

Baldwin I of Jerusalem → regionOfActivity → Edessa ⓘ

Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands → dedicatedTo → Edessa ⓘ

subject surface form: Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands (Abramtsevo)

this entity surface form: Image of Edessa