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Marqasi (province)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 05, 2020 01:47 PM — History

tags: ANE, Assyrian

Gurgum (kingdom) became an Assyrian province after Sargon II captured its capital Marqasi in 711 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/357078915

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.5812744, 36.927509

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- Representative centerpoint of Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Marqasi (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Marqasi (province) makes connections with:

Marqasi (province) succeeds Gurgum (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Marqasi (province) receives connections from:

Bīt-Purutaš (kingdom) abuts Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Germanikeia capital of Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Que (province) abuts Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Sam'alla (province) abuts Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Tabālu (region) abuts Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Za'ini part of (administrative) Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
province

References:

Citation:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The governor of Marqasi held the post of eponym in the year 682 BC (reign of Sennacherib).

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Marqasi (province): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/357078915> [accessed: 03 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/357078915 |title=Places: 357078915 (Marqasi (province)) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=December 3, 2024 1:05 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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