Tsopk

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Tsopk is the Armenian name for the ancient region of Sophene, a historical province located in the highlands of what is now eastern Turkey.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tosp 1
Tsopk canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Armenian toponym ⓘ
ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
ArmenianNameOf Sophene ⓘ
associatedWith Armenian medieval sources ⓘ
borderedBy Taurus Mountains ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
contains fertile river valleys ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Armenian Highlands ⓘ
flourishedDuring Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sophanene ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Tsopkʿ ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Armenians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Syriacs ⓘ
historicalProvinceOf Armenia ⓘ
historicalSignificance borderland between Armenian and Mesopotamian civilizations ⓘ
knownInGreekAs Sophene ⓘ
languageToponymOrigin Armenian ⓘ
laterControlledBy Arab Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Caliphates

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Turks ⓘ
linked to: Seljuk Empire
locatedIn Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay eastern Turkey ⓘ
partOf Greater Armenia (traditional Armenian geography) ⓘ
linked to: Greater Armenia

ancient Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Historical Armenia
regionType mountainous highland ⓘ
situatedWestOf Upper Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
strategicImportance controlled routes between Armenia and Mesopotamia ⓘ
wasRuledBy Artaxiad dynasty ⓘ
Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
Orontid dynasty ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sophene → knownAs → Tsopk ⓘ
Tushpa → hasAlternativeName → Tosp ⓘ
linked to: Tsopk