Edessa
ancient city in upper Mesopotamia, modern day Urfa, Southeast Turkey
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Summary
Edessa is an ancient city[1]. Edessa ranks in the top 3% of ancient city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,044 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Şanlıurfa[3]
- Country: Mongol Empire[4], Aq Qoyunlu[5], Mamluk Sultanate[6], Safavid Iran[7], Sultanate of Rum[8], Turkey[9]
- Instance of: archaeological site[10], polis[11]
- Named after: Edessa[12]
- Commons category: Edessa, Mesopotamia[13]
- Inception: 302 BC[14]
- Coordinate location: 37.15, 38.7825[15], 37.176482, 38.776168[16]
- Located in/on physical feature: Southeastern Anatolia Region[17]
- Significant event: Siege of Edessa[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Edessa[19]
- Population: 55,000[20]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27]
- Replaced by: Şanlıurfa[28]
- Capital of: County of Edessa[29], Osroene[30], Armenian Mesopotamia[31]
- Official name: Εδεσσα[32], Ուռհա[33]
- Category for people born here: Q9224568[34]
- Category for people who died here: Q9218291[35]
- Native label: Εδεσσα[36]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Edessa[37]
- Time period: Roman Empire[38]
- State of conservation: demolished or destroyed[39]
Why It Matters
Edessa has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Edessa is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]