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Last Week in Pleiades (10-17 October 2022)

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Last week we published 5 new place resources. In addition, 91 existing place resources were updated.
Last Week in Pleiades (10-17 October 2022)

New Place Resources

  • Kingdom in Nubia centered around Napata, established as an independent kingdom following the end of the New Kingdom period. Kushite control extended northward during the Third Intermediate Period, and from 744-656 BCE ruled over a unified Egypt as the 25th Dynasty. Following the Assyrian conquest, the kingdom was ruled from Meroe. The kingdom disintegrated in the 3rd century CE.
    Creators: Gabriel McKee
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  • The Rashidun Caliphate expanded westward into the Byzantine province of Egypt between 639-646 CE, winning victories in key battles at Heliopolis in 640 and Alexandria in 641 and 646. A new capital was established at Al-Fusṭāṭ in 641.
    Creators: Gabriel McKee
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A people or confederation in Eastern Anatolia and the South Caucasus referred to in Assyrian texts from the 13th-7th centuries BCE. The southernmost extent of this polity was in the region of Lake Urmia, and its northernmost reaches in the vicinity of Erzurum. It was related in some way to Urartu, though the nature of the relationship is unclear.
    Creators: Gabriel McKee
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • Oasis region in Southern Uzbekistan centered around the city of Sherabad/Sherobod containing 126 archaeological sites dating from the 2nd half of the 2nd millennium BCE to the 5th century CE.
    Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
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  • Multi-phase temple site in the city of Kommos in southern Crete. Temple A was constructed by the late 11th century CE. A larger structure, Temple B, was built over it in the 9th century CE. Temple C, a larger structure, was built over the site and its surroundings in the 7th century CE.
    Creators: Gabriel McKee
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Modified Place Resources