Marqasi (province)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 05, 2020 01:47 PM
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History
Gurgum (kingdom) became an Assyrian province after Sargon II captured its capital Marqasi in 711 BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/357078915
37.5812744, 36.927509
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Representative centerpoint of Marqasi (province) (720 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Marqasi (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Marqasi (province) succeeds Gurgum (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- 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)
province
Pleiades
The governor of Marqasi held the post of eponym in the year 682 BC (reign of Sennacherib).
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: 19 April 2024]
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