Arpad

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Arpad was an important ancient city-state in northern Syria that served as a major political and military center in the first millennium BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city-state
archaeological site
archaeologicalEvidence fortifications
occupation layers from Iron Age
archaeologicalType tell
associatedWith Arameans NERFINISHED
belongsTo kingdom of Bit Agusi NERFINISHED
besiegedBy Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
Tiglath-Pileser III NERFINISHED
conflictWith Assyria NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
Tiglath-Pileser III NERFINISHED
continent Asia
culture Aramean NERFINISHED
destroyedBy Assyrians NERFINISHED
era Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED
early first millennium BCE
event long Assyrian siege in the 8th century BCE
geopoliticalRole buffer between Assyria and other Levantine states
governedBy local Aramean kings
hasNameInSources Arpad NERFINISHED
Arpadda NERFINISHED
historicalCategory Syro-Hittite city-state
ancient Aramean city
languageUsed Aramaic
locatedIn Levant NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
northern Syria NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions
Neo-Assyrian sources
near modern Tell Rifaat
partOf ancient Near East
politicalStatus capital city
postConquestStatus Assyrian provincial center
region Syro-Hittite cultural sphere NERFINISHED
religion West Semitic polytheism
role regional power in northern Syria
servedAs capital of the Aramean kingdom of Bit Agusi
significance major military center
major political center
strategicImportance control of routes between Anatolia and Syria
fortified stronghold
timePeriod Iron Age
first millennium BCE
tradeRole node in regional trade networks
typeOfGovernment city-state

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