Dara or Daras (Turkish: Dara Antik Kenti; Kurdish: Darê; Greek: Δάρας; Syriac: ܕܪܐ) was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia...
14 KB (1,577 words) - 16:07, 21 April 2024
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...
10 KB (936 words) - 05:30, 20 June 2024
northern Ethiopia Dara (woreda), region in southern Ethiopia Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey Dara, Iran, a village...
3 KB (434 words) - 19:10, 20 April 2023
The of Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together...
55 KB (6,384 words) - 15:21, 4 August 2024
(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)...
259 bytes (64 words) - 18:48, 25 July 2021
most of its history, Armenian Mesopotamia was primarily composed of the major cities of Diyarbakir (Amid), Tigranocerta, Dara, Tur Abdin (Cephas), Dadima...
5 KB (452 words) - 06:21, 9 November 2023
investiture (farr) that had radiated in Dara II. Dara II is credited with the foundation of the city of Dara in Mesopotamia, and in some cases the city of Darabgerd...
4 KB (438 words) - 03:06, 11 March 2024
The Dara Dam was a Roman arch dam at Dara in Mesopotamia (modern-day Turkey), a rare pre-modern example of this dam type. The modern identification of...
7 KB (827 words) - 18:54, 3 August 2024
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...
4 KB (324 words) - 02:51, 24 October 2023
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...
10 KB (1,165 words) - 19:08, 12 July 2024