Tsopk

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Armenian toponym ancient region historical region

Tsopk is the Armenian name for the ancient region of Sophene, a historical province located in the highlands of what is now eastern Turkey.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tosp	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Armenian toponym ⓘ ancient region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
ArmenianNameOf	Sophene NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Armenian medieval sources ⓘ
borderedBy	Taurus Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	fertile river valleys ⓘ
culturalRegionOf	Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Sophanene NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Tsopkʿ NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriacs NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalProvinceOf	Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	borderland between Armenian and Mesopotamian civilizations ⓘ
knownInGreekAs	Sophene NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageToponymOrigin	Armenian ⓘ
laterControlledBy	Arab Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	eastern Turkey ⓘ
partOf	Greater Armenia (traditional Armenian geography) NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType	mountainous highland ⓘ
situatedWestOf	Upper Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	controlled routes between Armenia and Mesopotamia ⓘ
wasRuledBy	Artaxiad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Orontid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Sophene → knownAs → Tsopk ⓘ

Tushpa → hasAlternativeName → Tsopk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tosp