Dara or Daras (Turkish: Dara Antik Kenti; Kurdish: Darê; Greek: Δάρας; Syriac: ܕܪܐ) was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia...
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Mesopotamia was the name of a Roman province, initially a short-lived creation of the Roman emperor Trajan in 116–117 and then re-established by Emperor...
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northern Ethiopia Dara (woreda), region in southern Ethiopia Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey Dara, Iran, a village...
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The history of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together from...
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(fruit), a type of kiwi as used in Korean cuisine Da-rae, a Korean name Dara (Mesopotamia), or Darae, an ancient city of present-day Turkey Darai (disambiguation)...
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most of its history, Armenian Mesopotamia was primarily composed of the major cities of Diyarbakir (Amid), Tigranocerta, Dara, Tur Abdin (Cephas), Dadima...
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the Persian Sasanian Empire under Xerxes in summer 528, near Dara in northern Mesopotamia. The attempt to build a new frontier fort at Thannuris/Mindouos...
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leaving their desert frontier exposed. The fall of Dara, the main Byzantine stronghold in Mesopotamia, reportedly drove Justin II to insanity, and control...
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Siege of Nisibis (573). The news of the fall of Dara, long a major Byzantine stronghold in Upper Mesopotamia, drove Emperor Justin II insane. Bahram Chobin...
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Indus–Mesopotamia relations Indus–Mesopotamia relations are thought to have developed during the second half of 3rd millennium BCE, until they came to...
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