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Edessa (/əˈdɛsə/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἔδεσσα, romanized:
Édessa) was an
ancient city (polis) in
Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey...
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County of
Edessa (Latin:
Comitatus Edess****) was a 12th-century
Crusader state in
Upper Mesopotamia. Its seat was the city of
Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa...
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Edessa is the
historical name of a city in Mesopotamia, now Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
Edessa may also
refer to:
Edessa (bug), a
large genus of
stink bugs Edessa...
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Edessa (Gr****: Έδεσσα,
pronounced [ˈeðesa]; also
known as the "City of
Waters and of the 5 Senses"),
until 1923
Vodena (Gr****: Βοδενά), is a city in northern...
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According to
Christian tradition, the
Image of
Edessa was a holy
relic consisting of a
square or
rectangle of
cloth upon
which a
miraculous image of the...
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Upper Mesopotamia. The
Kingdom of Osroene, also
known as the "Kingdom of
Edessa" (classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ / "Kingdom of Urhay"),
according to...
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Siege of
Edessa may
refer to:
Siege of
Edessa (163), Roman–Parthian Wars
Siege of
Edessa (165), Roman–Parthian Wars
Siege of
Edessa (503), Roman–Persian...
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other dialects of Aramaic), was the King of
Osroene with his
capital at
Edessa.
Abgar was
described as "king of the Arabs" by the
Roman historian Tacitus...
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Baldwin I (1060s – 2
April 1118) was the
first count of
Edessa from 1098 to 1100 and king of
Jerusalem from 1100 to his
death in 1118. He was the youngest...
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Christian tradition,
Addai of
Edessa (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܕܝ, Mar
Addai or Mor Aday
sometimes Latinized Addeus) or
Thaddeus of
Edessa was one of the
seventy disciples...
