Ancient site· Eyyübiye, Şanlıurfa
Edessa
Edessa is a ancient site in Eyyübiye, Şanlıurfa; Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Şanlıurfa, founded during the Hellenistic period by Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.
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- 37.1521°N · 38.7865°E
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Edessa was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Şanlıurfa, founded during the Hellenistic period by Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became the capital of the Kingdom of Osroene and then of the Roman province of Osroene. In Late Antiquity it grew into a prominent center of Christian learning and the seat of the Catechetical School of Edessa, and during the Crusades it served as the capital of the County of Edessa.
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