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Khabur (Euphrates)

Index Khabur (Euphrates)

The Khabur River is the largest perennial tributary to the Euphrates in Syrian territory. [1]

41 relations: Al-Busayrah, Al-Hasakah, Book of Ezekiel, Canal, Cyrus the Younger, Dam, Euphrates, Harvard University Press, Hebrew language, Jaghjagh River, Karst, Khabur ware, Kurdish languages, Lower Paleolithic, Mitanni, Nippur, Ras al-Ayn, River, Robin Waterfield, Survey (archaeology), Syria, Syriac language, Tabqa Dam, Tel Abib, Tell Barri, Tell Brak, Tell Halaf, Tell Leilan, Tell Mashnaqa, Tell Tamer Subdistrict, Tiglath-Pileser III, Upper Mesopotamia, Urkesh, Wadi, Wadi Avedji, Wadi Jarrah, Wadi Khanzir, Wadi Khnezir, Wadi Radd, Wheat, Xenophon.

Al-Busayrah

Al-Busayrah (البصيرة) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.

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Al-Hasakah

Al-Hasakah (الحسكة, Hesîçe, Ḥasake) also known as Al-Hasakeh, Al-Kasaka or simply Hasakah, is the capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate and it is located in the far northeastern corner of Syria.

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Book of Ezekiel

The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament, following Isaiah and Jeremiah.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Cyrus the Younger

Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis, was a Persian prince and general.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Euphrates

The Euphrates (Sumerian: Buranuna; 𒌓𒄒𒉣 Purattu; الفرات al-Furāt; ̇ܦܪܬ Pǝrāt; Եփրատ: Yeprat; פרת Perat; Fırat; Firat) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hebrew language

No description.

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Jaghjagh River

The Jaghjagh River (نهر جقجق Nahr Jaqjaq or نهر الجغجغ Nahr al-Jaghjagh, Çağ-çağ Deresi, Çemê Nisêbînê or Cexcex) is a tributary of the Khabur River in Turkey and Syria.

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Karst

Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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Khabur ware

Khabur ware is a specific type of pottery named after the Khabur River region, in northeastern Syria, where large quantities of it were found by the archaeologist Max Mallowan at the site of Chagar Bazar.

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Kurdish languages

Kurdish (Kurdî) is a continuum of Northwestern Iranian languages spoken by the Kurds in Western Asia.

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Lower Paleolithic

The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age.

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Mitanni

Mitanni (Hittite cuneiform; Mittani), also called Hanigalbat (Hanigalbat, Khanigalbat cuneiform) in Assyrian or Naharin in Egyptian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia from c. 1500 to 1300 BC.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;": Vol. 1, Part 1. Accessed 15 Dec 2010. Akkadian: Nibbur) was among the most ancient of Sumerian cities.

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Ras al-Ayn

Ras al-Ayn (Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Resülayn, Serê Kaniyê, Rēš Aynā), also spelled Ras al-Ain, is a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the border with Turkey.

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River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.

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Robin Waterfield

Robin Anthony Herschel Waterfield (born 1952) is a British classical scholar, translator, editor, and writer of children's fiction.

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Survey (archaeology)

In archaeology, survey or field survey is a type of field research by which archaeologists (often landscape archaeologists) search for archaeological sites and collect information about the location, distribution and organization of past human cultures across a large area (e.g. typically in excess of one hectare, and often in excess of many km2).

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Syria

Syria (سوريا), officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic (الجمهورية العربية السورية), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.

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Syriac language

Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), also known as Syriac Aramaic or Classical Syriac, is a dialect of Middle Aramaic.

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Tabqa Dam

The Tabqa Dam (سد الطبقة, Sadd al-Ṭabqa; Bendava Tebqa; Sekro d'Tabqa), or al-Thawra Dam as it is also named (سد الثورة, Sadd al-thawra, literally "Dam of the Revolution"), most commonly known as Euphrates Dam (سد الفرات, Sadd al-Furāt; Bendava Firatê; Sekro d'Frot), is an earthen dam on the Euphrates, located upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria.

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Tel Abib

Tel Abib (תל-אביב, Tel Aviv; from Akkadian Tel Abûbi, "The Tel of the flood", where Spring (Aviv) is the season of the year) is an unidentified tell (hill city) on the Kebar Canal, near Nippur in what is now Iraq.

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Tell Barri

Tell Barri (ancient Kahat) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in north-eastern Syria in the Al-Hasakah Governorate.

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Tell Brak

Tell Brak (Nagar, Nawar) was an ancient city in Syria; its remains constitute a tell located in the Upper Khabur region, near the modern village of Tell Brak, 50 kilometers north-east of Al-Hasaka city, Al-Hasakah Governorate.

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Tell Halaf

Tell Halaf (تل حلف) is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, just opposite Ceylanpınar.

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Tell Leilan

Tell Leilan is an archaeological site situated near the Wadi Jarrah in the Khabur River basin in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria, a region formerly a part of ancient Assyria.

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Tell Mashnaqa

Tell Mashnaqa (تل مشنقة) is an archaeological site located on the Khabur River, a tributary to the Euphrates, about south of Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria.

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Tell Tamer Subdistrict

Tell Tamer Subdistrict (ناحية تل تمر) is an ethnically Assyrian and Syriac subdistrict of al-Hasakah District in western al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.

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Tiglath-Pileser III

Tiglath-Pileser III (cuneiform: TUKUL.TI.A.É.ŠÁR.RA; Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of the Ešarra") was a prominent king of Assyria in the eighth century BCE (ruled 745–727 BCE) who introduced advanced civil, military, and political systems into the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Mesopotamia is the name used for the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East.

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Urkesh

Urkesh or Urkish (modern Tell Mozan; تل موزان) is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.

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Wadi

Wadi (wādī; ואדי), alternatively wād (وَاد), is the Arabic and Hebrew term traditionally referring to a valley.

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Wadi Avedji

The Wadi Avedji is a tributary of the upper Khabur River in northeastern Syria.

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Wadi Jarrah

The Wadi Jarrah is a tributary of the Khabur River in northeastern Syria.

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Wadi Khanzir

The Wadi Khanzir is a tributary of the upper Khabur River in northeastern Syria.

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Wadi Khnezir

The Wadi Khnezir is a tributary of the Khabur River in northeastern Syria.

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Wadi Radd

The Wadi Radd is a tributary of the Khabur River in Syria.

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Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food.

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Xenophon

Xenophon of Athens (Ξενοφῶν,, Xenophōn; – 354 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, historian, soldier, mercenary, and student of Socrates.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khabur_(Euphrates)

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