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.
Statements (46)
| 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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