Harran

E700907

ancient city archaeological site

Harran is an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, in present-day southeastern Turkey, historically known as a major center of trade, learning, and religious scholarship.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Harran canonical	20
Ḫarrān	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith	Nahor NERFINISHED ⓘ Terah NERFINISHED ⓘ patriarch Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
hasAcademicInstitution	Harran University (medieval) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	ancient mounds ⓘ beehive houses ⓘ citadel ⓘ city gates ⓘ city walls ⓘ mosque ruins ⓘ
knownFor	Sabian religious community ⓘ astronomy ⓘ learning ⓘ religious scholarship ⓘ trade ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Turkey ⓘ Şanlıurfa Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTime	Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ Early Islamic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Syrian border ⓘ Şanlıurfa NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
partOf	Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Sabianism NERFINISHED ⓘ cult of the moon god Sin ⓘ
servedAs	caravan city ⓘ center of learning ⓘ commercial hub ⓘ religious center ⓘ
underControlOf	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Ibn Taymiyyah → birthPlace → Harran ⓘ

Upper Mesopotamia → hasArchaeologicalSite → Harran ⓘ

Sin → majorCultCenter → Harran ⓘ

Nuska → cultCenter → Harran ⓘ

Nanna → worshipCenter → Harran ⓘ

Thabit ibn Qurra → birthPlace → Harran ⓘ

Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan → laterSeatOfPower → Harran ⓘ

Marwan al-Himar → laterSeatOfPower → Harran ⓘ

Ḫarrānu → hasNameVariant → Harran ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ḫarrān

Şanlıurfa → nearbyAncientCity → Harran ⓘ

Şanlıurfa Province → contains → Harran ⓘ

Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi → associatedWith → Harran ⓘ

subject surface form: Zij al-Sabi

Al-Battani → placeOfActivity → Harran ⓘ

Battle of Harran → locatedIn → Harran ⓘ

Ashur-uballit II → residence → Harran ⓘ

Ashur-uballit II → capitalDuringReign → Harran ⓘ

Ashur-uballit II → associatedWithPlace → Harran ⓘ

Fall of the Assyrian Empire → hasSignificantPlace → Harran ⓘ

Sîn → majorCultCenter → Harran ⓘ

Artuqid dynasty → country → Harran ⓘ