Euphrates (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Greta Hawes, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Scott Smith, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
The longest river of Western Asia, the Euphrates flows from the Kara Su and the Murat Su to the confluence with the Tigris river.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912849
35.5838155322, 39.4535594378
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (750 BC - AD 640)
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- Arahtu (Akkadian, 2335 BC - 330 BC)
- Buranun (750 BC - AD 300)
- Eprat (Armenian, AD 300 - AD 1500)
- Euphrat (German, 18000 BC - AD 2000)
- Εὐφράτης (Euphrates: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Euphrates (AD 300 - AD 2000)
- Euphratēs (Ancient Greek, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Firat (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Firat Nehri (1450 BC - AD 2000)
- Fırat (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Fırat Nehri (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Gattu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mala (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- Nahr al-Furāt (Modern Standard Arabic, 330 BC - AD 2000)
- Omma (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Puranade (Urartian, unspecified date range)
- Purattu (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Purattu (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Purattum (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- al Furāt (18000 BC - AD 2000)
- al-Furat (From GANE None, unspecified date range)
- al-Furāt (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Euphrates (river) bounds Bāb-Lugalerra (2000 BC - 30 BC)
- Euphrates (river) bounds Eridu (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Euphrates (river) bounds Ka-dingirra (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Euphrates (river) bounds Kumar (2000 BC - 30 BC)
- Euphrates (river) part of (physical/topographic) Mesopotamia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Euphrates (river) connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Euphrates (river) bounds Tuba (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Euphrates (river) bounds Šuanna (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Aborras/Chaboras (river) flows into Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Apamea located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Arderikka located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Arsanias (river) flows into Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Azlāyyānu located near Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Babylon connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Balikh River flows into Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Bethammaria located west of Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Uncertain: Bāṣ located near Euphrates (river) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Caeciliana located west of Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Carchemish connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Cingilla located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- D(o)ura/Europos located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Dawali located near Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Dutēti located near Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Ekalte located on Euphrates (river) (3000 BC - 1000 BC)
- El-Qitar located on Euphrates (river) (2000 BC - 1200 BC)
- Enlil Gate located near Euphrates (river) (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Eridu located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Gerre/Serre located west of Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Gleieh located on Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Habuba Kabira (South) located on Euphrates (river) (4000 BC - 2950 BC)
- Jebel Khalid located on Euphrates (river) (330 BC - AD 300)
- Judeideh located on Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Kisurra located near Euphrates (river) (2950 BC - 1600 BC)
- Lagaba located on Euphrates (river) (1600 BC - 1000 BC)
- Marcoupolis Thera/Gausitha/Charax Sidou located near Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Nevalı Çori connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II located near Euphrates (river) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Rahi-ilu located near Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Samosata located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Skirtos (river) flows into Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Sur Jureh located on Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Tall Bāzy located on Euphrates (river) (3300 BC - AD 300)
- Teleboas? (river) connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tell Faq'ous located on Euphrates (river) (1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Tell Habuba Kabira located on Euphrates (river) (4000 BC - 2000 BC)
- Tell Kannâs located on Euphrates (river) (10000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Tell Mureybet located on Euphrates (river) (10000 BC - 3300 BC)
- Tell Qraya located on Euphrates (river) (6500 BC - 1600 BC)
- Tell Selenkahiye located on Euphrates (river) (3300 BC - 2000 BC)
- Tell Sheikh Hassan located on Euphrates (river) (10000 BC - AD 940)
- Thapsacus located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Zawiyah located near Euphrates (river) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 A2 Euphrates fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Euphrates
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Greta Hawes, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Scott Smith, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Euphrates (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912849> [accessed: 27 July 2024]
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