Edessa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edessa
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:castle
gptkb:city
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Abgar_Legend
gptkb:Acts_of_Thomas
gptkb:School_of_Edessa
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Kingdom_of_Osroene
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Romans
gptkb:Seljuk_Turks
gptkb:Arabs
gptkb:Crusaders
gptkb:Byzantines
gptkb:Zengids
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Osroene_coinage
gptkbp:destroyedBy earthquake (525 CE)
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Seleucus_I_Nicator
gptkbp:foundedIn circa 303 BCE
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Urfa
gptkb:Urhay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edessa
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:Syriac_Christianity
early Christian history
gptkbp:language gptkb:Syriac
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:modern-day_Şanlıurfa,_Turkey
gptkb:Upper_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Eusebius'_Ecclesiastical_History
gptkb:Chronicle_of_Edessa
gptkbp:modernLocation gptkb:Şanlıurfa
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Edessa_Castle
gptkb:Pool_of_Sacred_Fish
gptkb:Halil-ur_Rahman_Mosque
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Edessa_(1144)
gptkb:First_Crusade
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Abgar_V
gptkb:Bardaisan
gptkb:Saint_Ephrem_the_Syrian
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Siege_of_Edessa_(1144)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:population multi-ethnic (Arameans, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Armenians)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
mythology
gptkbp:religiousSignificance center of Syriac Orthodox Church
gptkbp:river gptkb:Daisan_River
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:Silk_Road
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list Göbekli Tepe and Harran-Şanlıurfa
gptkbp:宗教建筑 gptkb:Church_of_St._Stephen
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Urfa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkb:Hotel_Aktaion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4