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Babylonia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 19, 2019 02:00 PM — History

An ancient Akkadian region in Mesopotamia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912816

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.5, 44.5

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (750 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Babiru (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Babylonia (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Βαβυλωνία (Babylonia: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Karduniaš (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 330 BC)

Babylonia makes connections with:

None

Babylonia receives connections from:

Suteans connection Babylonia (720 BC - 540 BC)
Kassites connection Babylonia (2000 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
province, diocese, nome, region

References:

Evidence:

Hdt. 1.193

See Further:

Related:

TM GEO ID 11935

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 A1 Babylonia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: IRQ

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Suggested citation:
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Babylonia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912816> [accessed: 18 June 2021]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912816 |title=Places: 912816 (Babylonia) |author=Hausleiter, A., M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke |accessdate=June 18, 2021 6:14 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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