Taurus (mountain range)
a Pleiades
place
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Creators: S. Mitchell
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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The Taurus Mountains in southern Turkey, the modern Toros Dağları.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648792
37.4, 34.63
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Taurus Mountains (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Tauros (Ancient Greek, 9000 BC - AD 1918)
- Taurus (Georgian, 9000 BC - AD 2000)
- Taurus (unspecified date range)
- Taurus mons (Taurus M.: Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Taurus mountains (English, modern)
- Toros (Armenian, AD 300 - AD 1918)
- Toros Dağları (Turkish, AD 1683 - AD 2000)
- Toros Daǧları (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Taurus (mountain range) bounds Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Amanikai Pylai/Ciliciae Portae part of (physical/topographic) Taurus (mountain range) (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Harrua located near Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Illubru located near Taurus (mountain range) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mulî (mountain) part of (physical/topographic) Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Qumasi located near Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Tigris/Diglitus (river) connection Taurus (mountain range) (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Tunni part of (physical/topographic) Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Ušnanis located near Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
mountain
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 66 E2 Taurus M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Toros Dağları
The Taurus Mountain chain is typically divided into three groups as follows; Western Taurus (Batı Toroslar), Central Taurus (Orta Toroslar), and the Southeastern Taurus (Güneydoğu Toroslar)
S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Taurus (mountain range): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648792> [accessed: 20 April 2024]
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