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Edessa
Edessa , ancient city of Mesopotamia, on the site of modern Şanluurfa , Turkey. It emerged in the 4th cent. BC as Orrhoe, or Arrhoe, and was later named Edessa by Seleucus I of Syria. From c.137 BC it was the capital of the independent kingdom of Osroene. It later became a Roman city. There in AD 260, Shapur I of Persia defeated Emperor Valerian and took him prisoner. Edessa was a center of Christianity by the 3d cent. AD and became one of the major religious centers of the Byzantine Empire. The city fell to the Arabs in 639 and remained in Muslim hands until captured by the Crusaders in 1098. Baldwin (later Baldwin I of Jerusalem) became the ruler of Edessa, and when he became king, he turned it over to one of his cousins. The city, however, fell to the Muslims in 1144 and passed to the Ottoman Empire by 1637. |
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"Edessa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Edessa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Edessa.html "Edessa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Edessa.html |
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Edessa
Edessa (Édhessa), Greece Vodina According to legend, Caranus, King of Macedonia, took the settlement c.810 bc by following some goats which were seeking shelter from the rain. He called the place Ægeas, which evolved into Edessa, from the Greek capras ‘goat’. The Ottoman Turks subjugated the city in 1374 and completed their capture of it in 1430, giving it the name Vodina from the Slavonic voda ‘water’ because there was plenty in the area. The Edessa in Turkey is now known as Şanlıurfa.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Edessa." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Edessa." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Edessa.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Edessa." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Edessa.html |
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Edessa. The present city (now Urfa) was founded in 304 BC. From an early date it was the centre of Syriac-speaking Christianity. It was the home of the ‘Persian School’ until that was closed in 489 on account of its alleged Nestorian tendencies, and it has always been a focus of opposition to the Christological teaching of the Council of Chalcedon. In 641 it fell into the hands of the Arabs, but continued to be an important Christian centre for some centuries. See also ABGAR, LEGEND OF.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Edessa." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Edessa." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Edessa.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Edessa." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Edessa.html |
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