2837 x 3605 px | 24 x 30,5 cm | 9,5 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 gennaio 2012
Altre informazioni:
Harran Ottoman Turkish Kurdish Herran major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 24 miles (44 kilometers) southeast of Şanlıurfa. The location is in a district of Şanlıurfa Province that is also named "Harran".A few kilometers from the village of Altınbaşak are the archaeological remains of ancient Harran, a major commercial, cultural, and religious center first inhabited in the Early Bronze Age III (3rd millennium BCE) period. It was known as Ḫarrānu in the Assyrian period; possibly Ḫaran in the Hebrew Bible; Κάῤῥαι or Carrhae under the Roman Empire; Hellenopolis 'Greek city' in the Early Christian period; and Ḥarrān in the Islamic period
