Arpad

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Arpad was an important ancient city-state in northern Syria that served as a major political and military center in the first millennium BCE.

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Label Occurrences
Arpad canonical 7

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city-state ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence fortifications ⓘ
occupation layers from Iron Age ⓘ
archaeologicalType tell ⓘ
associatedWith Arameans ⓘ
belongsTo kingdom of Bit Agusi ⓘ
besiegedBy Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
conflictWith Assyria ⓘ
conqueredBy Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Aramean ⓘ
linked to: Arameans
destroyedBy Assyrians ⓘ
era Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire

early first millennium BCE ⓘ
event long Assyrian siege in the 8th century BCE ⓘ
geopoliticalRole buffer between Assyria and other Levantine states ⓘ
governedBy local Aramean kings ⓘ
hasNameInSources Arpad ⓘ
Arpadda ⓘ
historicalCategory Syro-Hittite city-state ⓘ
ancient Aramean city ⓘ
languageUsed Aramaic ⓘ
locatedIn Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
mentionedIn Assyrian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian sources ⓘ
near modern Tell Rifaat ⓘ
partOf ancient Near East ⓘ
politicalStatus capital city ⓘ
postConquestStatus Assyrian provincial center ⓘ
region Syro-Hittite cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Syro-Hittite
religion West Semitic polytheism ⓘ
role regional power in northern Syria ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Aramean kingdom of Bit Agusi ⓘ
significance major military center ⓘ
major political center ⓘ
strategicImportance control of routes between Anatolia and Syria ⓘ
fortified stronghold ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
first millennium BCE ⓘ
tradeRole node in regional trade networks ⓘ
typeOfGovernment city-state ⓘ

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