Al-Furāt

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Al-Furāt is the Arabic name for the Euphrates, one of Western Asia’s most historically significant rivers, central to ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
geographical feature
river
associatedWith Akkadian Empire
Assyria NERFINISHED
Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Sumer
surface form: Sumerian civilization
borderFunction forms parts of international boundaries in Western Asia
centralTo ancient Mesopotamian civilizations
culturalSignificance symbol of abundance
symbol of fertility
symbol of life in Mesopotamian cultures
environmentalIssue damming and flow regulation
pollution
water scarcity
etymologyRelatedTo sweet water or fresh water in Semitic languages
flowsThrough Iraq
Syria
Turkey
formsBasinWith Tigris NERFINISHED
hasArabicName الفرات NERFINISHED
hasRoleIn development of early cities
development of early states and empires
development of writing in Mesopotamia
historicalRegion Mesopotamia
locatedIn Western Eurasia
surface form: Western Asia
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Quran
surface form: Qur’an

ancient Mesopotamian texts
cuneiform inscriptions
mouthLocatedIn Persian Gulf
nameInLanguage Arabic
partOf Fertile Crescent
Tigris–Euphrates river system NERFINISHED
refersTo Euphrates NERFINISHED
religiousSignificanceIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
significantFor agriculture
irrigation
trade routes
usedFor drinking water supply
fishing
hydroelectric power
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Euphrates nameInArabic Al-Furāt