Erzurum
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2016Συγγραφέας
Sinclair, Thomas A.Εκδότης
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Erzurum (Arm. Karin, Karnoy Kʿałakʿ Gr. Theodosioupolis Ar. Qālīqalā, Arzan al-Rūm, Arzarūm) is a city towards the north-eastern borders of present-day Turkey, on rising ground at the southeast corner of an extensive plain that is traversed by the Upper Euphrates (Turk. Kara Su), at a height of around 1,750 metres above sea level. In the early Middle Ages, Erzurum was for the Arabs a border base. From around the beginning of the fifth/eleventh century the city was the seat of a minor Turkish p...