Egypt - ܡܨܪܝܢ
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“The region around the Nile valley, one of the richest and most fertile parts of the Roman Empire.”8
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“The region around the Nile valley, one of the richest and most fertile parts of the Roman Empire.”8
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- 1 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 13, 40, 51, 63, 65, 66, 342.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 1, 11, 29, 40-41, 43, 48, 59, 71, 88-89, 92, 100, 103-106, 109, 112, 114, 127,
144-145, 147, 151-152, 156, 183, 185, 188, 205, 210, 236, 252, 262, 289, 299, 306-307,
317, 321, 322, 325, 331, 332, 334, 343, 346, 358, 363, 367, 368, 370, 386-387, 391,
396, 407, 408, 418, 419, 424, 445, 450.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 536.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987)., p: 504.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 569.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: Egypt.
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: V:160.
- 8 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 525-529.
- 9 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 45; 50; 51; 183; 190; 198; 203; 208; 213; 214; 247, chapter: 3.1.35; 3.1.41;
3.1.42; 3.4.6; 3.4.10; 3.4.13; 3.4.17; 3.4.22; 3.4.33; 3.4.34; 3.4.58.
- 10 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981503.
- 11 Ian Mladjov, "Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts." in Daniel King and David A. Michelson (eds.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., map: 5, 6.
- 12 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 827.
- 13 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.
- 14 p: 718-730., p: 718-730.
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- Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
- Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
- Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by Florence Jullien
- Connection to the Syriac World identified by Thomas A. Carlson
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
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