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[Samarra]/‘Sumere’

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified Sep 03, 2024 04:57 PM — History
Site of a major Islamic capital that controlled the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894082

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settlement

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 E3 [Samarra]/‘Sumere’

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Samarra?

Samarra is located on both sides of the River Tigris some 130 km north of Baghdad. The site remains largely unexcavated.


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M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, '[Samarra]/‘Sumere’: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894082> [accessed: 21 December 2024] 

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