Tsopk

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Tsopk is the Armenian name for the ancient region of Sophene, a historical province located in the highlands of what is now eastern Turkey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tosp 1
Tsopk canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Armenian toponym
ancient region
historical region
ArmenianNameOf Sophene
associatedWith Armenian medieval sources
borderedBy Taurus Mountains
Upper Mesopotamia
contains fertile river valleys
culturalRegionOf Armenian Highlands
flourishedDuring Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
hasAlternativeName Sophanene
hasAlternativeTransliteration Tsopkʿ
historicallyInhabitedBy Armenians
Kurds
Syriacs
historicalProvinceOf Armenia
historicalSignificance borderland between Armenian and Mesopotamian civilizations
knownInGreekAs Sophene
languageToponymOrigin Armenian
laterControlledBy Arab Caliphate
linked to: Islamic Caliphates

Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Sasanian Empire
Seljuk Turks
linked to: Seljuk Empire
locatedIn Armenian Highlands
locatedInPresentDay eastern Turkey
partOf Greater Armenia (traditional Armenian geography)
linked to: Greater Armenia

ancient Armenia
linked to: Historical Armenia
regionType mountainous highland
situatedWestOf Upper Euphrates River
linked to: Euphrates
strategicImportance controlled routes between Armenia and Mesopotamia
wasRuledBy Artaxiad dynasty
Kingdom of Armenia
Orontid dynasty
Roman Empire
Seleucid Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sophene knownAs Tsopk
Tushpa hasAlternativeName Tosp
linked to: Tsopk