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Arabia — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jun 07, 2023 04:57 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 B4 Arabia

Arabia (region in Egypt) — by M. Drew Bear — last modified Jun 07, 2023 04:55 PM

Some ancient documents refer to the desert area east of the Nile at roughly the latitude of Lykopolis/Siout as "Arabia".

Arabia (region in Mesopotamia) — by M. Roaf — last modified Oct 16, 2018 03:14 PM

Some texts of the late Roman Empire use the name "Arabia" for a region in Mesopotamia. The sources and scholarly speculation about origins of the name and the location of the reason are summarized by Dillemann. In BAtlas, T. Sinclair identifies this Arabia with "Tektek Dağ and district of Viranşehir."

Arabia (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 07, 2023 04:49 PM

The Arabian peninsula.

Arabia Eudaemon — by D.F. Graf — last modified Sep 21, 2022 12:47 PM

Arabia Eudaemon or Arabia Felix was a term used by ancient geographers to describe the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, now Yemen.

Arachosia — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Sep 14, 2022 09:26 AM

A satrapy located in what is now Afghanistan.

Arbayestan/Beth Arbaye — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 02, 2022 09:55 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 D4 Arbayestan/Beth Arbaye

Argentariae Dalmaticae et Pannonicae — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Sep 27, 2022 12:59 PM

A Dalmatian and Pannonian silver and lead mining region located in the eastern part of what is now Bosnia.

Armenia — by S.E. Kroll — last modified Dec 29, 2013 05:31 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 B1 Armenia

Armenia (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Jul 15, 2024 04:15 PM

A plateau region between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Arzanene — by M. Roaf — last modified Oct 03, 2022 07:59 PM

Arzanene was a province of southern Armenia, located on the left bank of the Tigris river. The region extended eastward to the valley of Bitlís and was bounded on the south and west by Mesopotamia.

Arzugum Regio — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Sep 25, 2022 09:52 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 35 B1 Arzugum Regio

Assyria (kingdom) — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 04, 2020 02:43 PM

Aššur, later Māt Aššur ('the land of the god Aššur'), grew from a small city-state and important trading center to a powerful, wide-spread empire. At is zenith in the seventh century BC, the Assyrian Empire (883-609 BC) dominated much of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, stretching from the Persian Gulf in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Assyria's heartland, an area also referred to as Subartu, roughly corresponds to northern Iraq (Nineveh Governorate) and includes the numerous important cities, especially Aššur (Assyria's traditional religious and administrative capital), Kalhu, Dur-Šarrukin, and Nineveh (the capital of the Assyrian Empire).

Astaunitis/Asthianene — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 19, 2022 11:17 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 C2 Astaunitis/Asthianene

Asturia (region) — by E.W. Haley — last modified Sep 30, 2022 11:35 PM

Asturia is a region of the Atlantic coast of northern Iberia.

Attica — by J.S. Traill — last modified Oct 05, 2024 10:36 AM

Historical region of Greece, centered on the Attic peninsula.

Babylonia — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 01, 2022 09:22 PM

An ancient Akkadian region in Mesopotamia.

Bactria (region) — by F.T. Hiebert — last modified Nov 11, 2023 04:58 PM

An historic region at the eastern limits of the Iranian plateau connected with the Oxus civilization (Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex).

Bagadania — by T.B. Mitford — last modified Mar 30, 2024 04:36 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 64 B4 Bagadania

Bastetania — by P.O. Spann — last modified Sep 27, 2022 01:51 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 C4 Bastetania