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Sittacene — was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria situated about the main city of Sittace. Pliny in his Natural History , Book 6, §§ 205 206, places Sittacene between Chalonitis, Persis and Mesene and also between Arbelitis and Palestine (or that it … Wikipedia
Antiochia in Sittacene — ( el. Αντιόχεια ή Σιτακηνή) was an ancient city founded in the Hellenistic period, possibly by Antiochus I. Pliny in his Natural History , Book 6, § 206, describes it as an important town in the western part of the ancient region of Sittacene,… … Wikipedia
Seleucia (Sittacene) — Seleucia ndash; Greek: Σελεύκεια, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Coche or Mahoza, also Veh Ardashir ndash; was an ancient city near the Euphrates river and across the Tigris from the better known Seleucia on the … Wikipedia
Apamea (Sittacene) — Apamea or Apameia (Greek: polytonic|Απάμεια) is an ancient Hellenistic city described by Pliny (vi. 31) in Sittacene, which was surrounded by the Tigris. Its precise current location is not known.It received the name of Apamea from the mother of… … Wikipedia
List of places named after people — There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponomy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.Continents*Americas (North America and South America) ndash;… … Wikipedia
Antiochia — or Antiocheia or Antiochea or Antiokheia ( el. Αντιόχεια) may refer any of several Hellenistic cities in the Near East most of which were founded or rebuilt by Antiochus I:*Antiochia on the Orontes (Antiochia ad Orontem, Syrian Antiochia or Great … Wikipedia
Apamea (Babylonia) — Apamea or Apameia ( el. Απάμεια) was an ancient city ndash; and possibly two ancient cities lying close together ndash; of Mesopotamia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny as situated near the Tigris near the confluence of the Euphrates … Wikipedia
Sittace — or Sittake or Sittakê (Greek: polytonic|Σιττάκη, Ptol. vi. 1. § 6; Akkadian Sattagū [Kessler, K. 2002, Sittake, Sittakene, Sattagū in Altorientalische Forschungen 29, 238 248] ), was an ancient city, the capital of ancient Sittacene, in Assyria,… … Wikipedia
Seleucia (disambiguation) — Seleucia was the first capital of the Seleucid Empire, and one of the great cities of antiquity standing in Mesopotamia, on the Tigris River. Seleucia may refer to: *Seleucia (Pamphylia), now at Bucakşeyhler, Antalya Province, Turkey *Seleucia… … Wikipedia
Sitta — may refer to several different things:;biology * Sitta is a genus of birds, see nuthatch;geography *Sitta is an alternate name of the ancient capital of Sittacene, SittaceSitta is referenced in the song name Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger … Wikipedia
