Beth Aramaye - ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ
“The Syriac name "the Land of the Arameans" corresponded to the Persian province of Asorestan in central Mesopotamia, the region around Babylon.”3
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“The Syriac name "the Land of the Arameans" corresponded to the Persian province of Asorestan in central Mesopotamia, the region around Babylon.”3
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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: 17, 127, 344.
- 2 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893958.
- 3 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 234.
- 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 174; 312, chapter: 3.3.40; 3.6.16.
- 5 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: 1, 2, 8.
- 6 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, "Index of Maps." in Daniel King (ed.), The Syriac World (London-New York: Routledge, 2018)., p: 825.
- 7 p: 88-104., p: 88-104.
- 8 p: 189-201., p: 189-201.
- 9 Ehsan Yarshater (ed.), Encyclopaedia Iranica (London; Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982-)., entry: BĒṮ ĀRAMAYĒ.
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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 David Wilmshurst
- 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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