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RE Damaskene
Wikipedia (English) Damascus
Burns 2013
TP (Talbert: CUP) 9C2 (Talbert 3192)
TM GEO ID 533: Damascus
WHL 20: Ancient City of Damascus
BAtlas 69 D2 Damascus
New Pauly Damaskos
ToposText Damascus (Syria)
PECS (Perseus) DAMASCUS later DEMETRIAS (Damascus) Syria
Dimashq/Damascus Ghuta SYR
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
The ancient city of Damascus, located in modern Syria, with some 125 monuments dating back to the Roman period. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
UWHS
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Damaskos
Dimašq aš-Šām
aš-Šām, ash-Sham, esh-Sham, eš-Šām, Sham
Dimašq, Dimashq, Dimashk
Dimmašqa
Damaskus
aš-Šam
Dammešeq, Dammesheq
Damascus
Damešeq
Dimạšq
Ša imērīšu, Sha imerishu
Colonia D., Colonia Damascena
dmšq
Dimašqāja, Dimašqāya
Demetrias
Δαμασκὸς
Damaskene
Dammeśeq, Dammeseq, Dammešeq, Dammesheq, Damešeq, Damesheq
Šām
Damascus
Dimašqa, Dimashqa, Dimašqi, Dimašqu
Dismašq
2023-12-09T11:17:41-04:00
Damascus
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D2 Damascus
Damascus
The ancient city of Damascus, located in modern Syria, with some 125 monuments dating back to the Roman period. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
ME [[-140, 640]]
Roman Middle East (140 BC – AD 640)
Early Roman/Parthian [[-30, 226]]
Roman Early Empire/Parthian Middle East (30 BC – AD 226)
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 352)
-140
Colonia D.
Colonia D.
Colonia Damascena
640
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TAVO Index
ME [[-540, -330]]
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC)
The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
Ilkhanid, Hulagu, Early Mongol [[1258,1335]]
Ilkhanate Middle East (AD 1258–1335)
ME, Balkan, Northern Africa [[1683,1918]]
Late Ottoman Empire (AD 1683–1918)
ME, northern Africa [[750, 940]]
Abassid Middle East (AD 750–940)
The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 379)
300
Dammešeq
Dammesheq
Dammešeq
640
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The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
Period as defined by Jamie Novotny
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC)
ME, Greece [[-1200, -1199]]
1200 BC Middle East
Early Islamic, Rashidun-Umayyad [starts with death of Muhammed who only controlled Arabia] [[632,750]]
Caliphate-Umayyad Middle East (AD 632–750)
Levant [[-1344,-1212]]
Egyptian/Hittite Levant (1344–1212 BC)
ME [[300, 640]]
Late Antique/Sasanian Middle East (AD 300–640)
Macedonian—Seleucid/Ptolemaic/Attalid/Greco-Bactrian [[-330, -140]]
Hellenistic Middle East (330–140 BC)
Early Byzantine; includes Justinian I [[500, 650]]
Proto-Byzantine (AD 500–650)
Mediterranean [[284, 337]]
Transition Roman Early Empire-Late Antique (AD 284–337)
Mediterranean [[-330,300]]
Hellenistic-Roman Early Empire (330 BC – AD 300)
Middle Byzantine period in areas where such designations are appropriate. [[850, 1200]]
Middle Byzantine (AD 850-1200)
ME [[-540,-30]]
Achaemenid-Roman Republic Middle East (540–30 BC)
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 378)
-540
Damaskos
Damaskos
1918
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
-550
Damascus
Damascus
640
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D2 Damascus
ME [[1918, 2000]]
Modern Middle East (AD 1918–2000)
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1418)
1918
aš-Šam
aš-Šam
2000
2018-06-07T17:11:48-04:00
TAVO Index
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1418)
1683
Šām
Šām
1918
2018-06-07T17:11:48-04:00
TAVO Index
ME [[-720,-540]]
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC)
ME, Balkan, Northern Africa [[1513,1918]]
Ottoman Empire (AD 1513–1918)
Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 16.2.20
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 377)
-30
Damascos
Damascos
Δαμασκὸς
300
2020-08-04T12:05:54-04:00
TAVO Index
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
Bagg, RGTC 7/1 60-62
Name of Damascus in seventh-century-BC cuneiform sources, including royal inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (r. 668-ca. 631 BC) and the Eponym Canon.
ANE
Assyrian
-720
Dimmašqa
Dimmašqa
-540
2020-08-04T12:06:45-04:00
Pleiades
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 425)
1683
Dimạšq
Dimạšq
1918
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
ME [[1900,1950]]
Ottoman Decline-Mandate Middle East (AD 1900–1950)
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 404)
-330
Demetrias
Demetrias
-30
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
[[-1200,-550]]
Iron Age Southern Levant
Latin [[1099,1291]]
Crusader/Seljuq-Ayyubid Levant (AD 1099–1291)
W. Röllig
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 378)
-1200
Damešeq
Damešeq
-550
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Bagg, RGTC 7/1 60-62
Ethnic name used to designate a person from Damascus in eighth-century-BC letter (probably reign of Sargon II [r. 721-705 BC]).
ANE
Assyrian
-720
Dimašqāja
Dimašqāja
Dimašqāya
-540
2020-08-04T12:06:55-04:00
Pleiades
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 430)
1918
Dismašq
Dismašq
2000
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
Eastern ME, Central Asia [[1370,1501]]
Timurid Middle East (AD 1370–1501)
Muhammed Ali-Khedivate Egypt, Alawiyya Egypt, Anglo-Egyptian [[1800,1922]]
Khedivate Egypt (AD 1800–1922)
ME, Central Asia [[1258,1501]]
Mongol Middle East (AD 1258–1501)
ends with the siege of Vienna [[1453,1683]]
Early Ottoman Empire (AD 1453–1683)
Latin/1st-4th Crusades—end of Middle Byzantine—Rum/Seljuq [[1081, 1204]]
Crusader/Byzantine/Seljuq Middle East (AD 1081–1204)
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 425)
-1200
Dimašq
Dimashk
Dimashq
Dimašq
2000
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 433)
-540
dmšq
dmšq
-330
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
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ends with the conquest of Constantinople [[1300, 1453]]
Ottoman Rise (AD 1300–1453)
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 378)
-720
Damaskus
Damaskus
2000
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
Bagg, RGTC 7/1 238-239
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Name of the Aramaic city-state in cuneiform sources of the first millennium BC, including Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions. A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1407)
-1000
Ša imērīšu
Sha imerishu
Ša imērīšu
-540
2020-08-04T12:05:15-04:00
TAVO Index
-30
Damaskene
Damaskene
300
2018-06-07T17:11:48-04:00
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 D2 Damascus
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
B. Siewert-Mayer
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 430)
1683
Dismašq
Dismašq
1918
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
Dimašq aš-Šām
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 425)
Dimašq aš-Šām
2018-06-07T17:11:48-04:00
TAVO Index
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 377)
1099
Damascus
Damascus
1291
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 3, p. 1419)
-720
aš-Šām
esh-Sham
eš-Šām
aš-Šām
ash-Sham
Sham
2000
2018-06-07T17:11:48-04:00
TAVO Index
DARMC 12139
1:500,000 scale representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.
-550
DARMC location 12139
640
2018-06-07T17:11:48-04:00
DARMC OBJECTID: 12139
B. Siewert-Mayer
H. Kopp
W. Röllig
A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 379)
-1200
Dammeśeq
Dammeśeq
Damešeq
Dammesheq
Dammeseq
Damesheq
Dammešeq
640
2018-06-07T17:11:49-04:00
TAVO Index
Bagg, RGTC 7/1 60-62
B. Siewert-Mayer
W. Röllig
H. Kopp
Name of Damascus in first-millennium-BC cuneiform sources. A place name from the TAVO Index (Vol. 1, p. 425)
ANE
Assyrian
-1344
Dimašqa
Dimašqu
Dimašqi
Dimašqa
Dimashqa
-330
2020-07-30T10:21:40-04:00
TAVO Index