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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
County of Edessa 4
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 (9)

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

this entity surface form: County of Edessa
Outremer → hasPart → Edessa ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Edessa
School of Edessa → locatedIn → Edessa ⓘ
Cilician Armenia → neighbor → Edessa ⓘ
this entity surface form: County of Edessa
this entity surface form: County of Edessa
Syriac → region → Edessa ⓘ
Syriac → region → Edessa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Osroene