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	Harran - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)
		From the third millennium BC until medieval times, Harran is mentioned as an important trade center in northern Mesopotamia, situated on the road from the Mediterranean Sea to the heart of Assyria.
		Harran was now part of the Achaemenid empire, which was replaced two centuries later by that of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great.
		The battle of Harran -or Carrhae as the Romans called it- was the beginning of a series of border wars that were to last for almost three centuries.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Harran (1029 words)

	Battle of Harran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Harran took place on May 7, 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks.
		It was the first major battle against the newfound Crusader states in the aftermath of the First Crusade.
		The main battle took place according to Albert of Aachen and Fulcher of Chartre in the plain (planitie) opposite to the city of ar-Raqqah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Harran (848 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of Harran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Battle of Harran took place on May 7, 1104 between the Crusader states of the Principality of Antioch and the County of Edessa, and the Seljuk Turks.
		The main battle took place according to Albert of Aachen and Fulcher of Chartre in the plain (planitie) opposite to the city of ar-Raqqah.
		The Battle of Ager Sanguinis, also known as the Battle of the Field of Blood or the Battle of Sarmada, took place between the Crusader Principality of Antioch and the Ortoqid ruler of Aleppo in 1119.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Harran (1848 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Harran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harran is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the place where Terah halted after leaving Ur with his family, after Abraham made Ur's king Nimrod angry: a town on the stream Jullab, some nine hours' journey from Edessa (present-day ÅanlÄ±urfa in Turkey).
		Harran was the chief home of the moon-god Sin, whose temple was rebuilt by several kings, among them Assur-bani-pal and Nabonidus, and Herodian (iv.
		During the Crusades, on May 7, 1104 a decisive battle was fought in the Balikh vally, commonly known as Battle of Harran.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Harran (1104 words)

	Harran
		Harran early on became an important Christian town, but a large percentage of the population retained their ancient religion upon the arrival of Islam.
		As Islam does not tolerate religions outside the Ahl al-Kitab, the Harran locals would in the 9th century claim to be Sabaeans, an unidentified religion mentioned among the Ahl al-Kitab.
		Harran is the centre of a region of a special type of architecture, the so-called beehive adobe houses, built to create a cool interior.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/harran.htm (407 words)

	battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Battle between the Franks led by Bohemond and a Seljuq army led by Kerbogha, Atabeg of Mosul.
		Battle between the Franks led by Bohemond of Antioch and Baldwin of Edessa and a Jeziran army.
		Battle between a Seljuq army led by Borsoq and a Latin army (Anticohene and Edessan led by Roger of Salerno- Prince of Antioch).
	users.actrix.co.nz /moyle/cross/battlesb.html (817 words)

	Battle of Harran - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		In 1104, while the Seljuks were harassing the borders of the County of Edessa, count Baldwin II sought help from Bohemond I of Antioch and Tancred, Prince of Galilee.
		Previously, Baldwin had prevented the citizens of Harran from farming along the Euphrates, so that they were now suffering a famine, and they quickly surrendered.
		The dispute between Bohemond and Baldwin was already distracting the Crusaders, and was on the point of causing the alliance to collapse.
	www.music.us /education/B/Battle-of-Harran.htm (734 words)

	Harran
		Harran is known for its interesting cone and cubic shaped dwellings.
		Inscriptions indicate that Harran existed as early as 2000 B.C. The place is known to be one of the most important cult centers of that time.
		Harran became the capital city to Assurians during the reign of king Assurbanipal in the 7th century B.C. The Roman army led by Crassus in 53 B.C. was defeated by the Parthians in front of Harran and Crassus was killed.
	www.mondial-tour.com /harran.htm (594 words)

	Harran - Crystalinks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harram, or Harran was the name of a man, and a place, related to Abraham.
		In the middle ages it is mentioned as having been the seat of a particular pagan sect, that of the Haranite Sabians, into the period of the Crusades, although it also possessed a bishop over a Christian community.
		Harran is famous for its traditional 'beehive' mud houses, constructed entirely without wood.
	www.crystalinks.com /haran.html (500 words)

	Harran, First University, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		The ruins of the Ulu Cami (mosque) in Harran.
		This 8th century center of worship and study in the Islamic world is one of the most impressive ruins in the area.
		The present-day town of Harran is about 50Kms to the south of Sanli Urfa, a south-eastern province of Turkey.
	www.adiyamanli.org /harran.html (626 words)

	Margat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was probably an ancient fortress, but earliest existing defences were built in 1062 by the Arabs, who continued to hold it within the Christian Principality of Antioch in the aftermath of the First Crusade.
		When the Principality was defeated at the Battle of Harran in 1104, the Byzantine Empire took advantage of their weakness and captured Margat from the Muslims.
		A few years later it was captured by Tancred, Prince of Galilee, regent of Antioch, and was incorporated into the Principality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margat (431 words)

	Battle of harran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Travel Guide To Turkey, Travel, turkey, GUIDE MARTINE,Turkey, Guide, Guide Martine, istanbul, Martine, turkey photos, ...
		The name of Harran, which is mentioned in the Old Testament, was first encountered on cuneiform tablets from the early 2nd millenium BC.
		According to Ibn Jübeyr, a traveler who visited the region in 1184, the plain had been well watered and irrigated by rivers and canals, and Harran was a rich city full of trees and shady, but a long period of drought had laid it waste.
		In the vicinity of the village lay the ruins of the ancient city with the remains of a fortified wall and seven gates.
	www.guide-martine.com /southeastern4.asp (2082 words)

	HARRAN by Rod Johanson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harran is derived from the Akkadian harranu which means road or caravan.{4} The Bible refers to Harran as Paddan-aram which is Aramean for highway.
		Harran was conquered by Sennacherib king of Assyria (2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12) Ezekiel 27:23.
		Another peculiarity of the Harran inscriptions is the calling out of the definitive role the royal mother had in procuring the throne for her son.
	www.georgefox.edu /academics/seminary/courses/bst550/reports/RJohanson/Harran.html (4810 words)

	Harran - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		Harran was a Human male Rebel officer holding the rank of captain in 0 ABY.
		As of approximately eight months after the Battle of Yavin, Harran was in command of a covert mission to infiltrate the Imperial base on Kalist VI to rescue Jorin Sol and steal vitally needed fuel supplies.
		Harran was doubtful of their ability to rescue these prisoners on top of their other objectives, but his reluctance was overcome by persuasive arguments of Luke and Basso.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Harran (235 words)

	chronological 1100 - 1149
		September, First Battle of Ramleh: An Egyptian army under emir Sa'ad ed-Daula al-Qawasi is defeated by Baldwin I, though at the cost of nearly half his knights.
		June 27, Battle of the Field of Blood (Ager Sanguinis): Muslim forces defeat Roger of Antioch and a Frankish army at Aleppo.
		July 26, Battle of Ourique: Afonso I Henriques defeats a large Almoravid force and is crowned king of Portugal.
	www.allcrusades.com /CHRONOLOGICAL/chrono-1100-1149.html (4667 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
		In 1104, while still only a companion of Count Baldwin II, he was captured at the Battle of Harran.
		In 1125 he also participated in the Battle of Azaz, a Crusader victory against the atabeg of Mosul.
		In 1131, during the siege of a small castle north-east of Aleppo, a sapper's mine collapsed and Joscelin was gravely injured.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Joscelin_I,_Count_of_Edessa (212 words)

	Harran (Carrhae)
		From the third millennium BCE until medieval times, Harran is mentioned as an important trade center in northern Mesopotamia, situated on the road from the Mediterranean Sea to the heart of Assyria.
		Harran was now in an area controled by the Medes.
		From now on, the region was a battle zone between the Romans and Sasanians.
	www.livius.org /ha-hd/harran/harran.html (1028 words)

	County of Edessa - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Later in 1104, Edessa was attacked by Mosul, and both Baldwin and Joscelin were taken prisoner when they were defeated at the Battle of Harran.
		Joscelin was killed in battle in 1131 and was succeeded by his son Joscelin II.
		Joscelin continued to rule in his lands west of the Euphrates, centered around Turbessel, until 1149, when he was captured in battle by Zengi's son Nur ad-Din; he was kept prisoner until he died in 1159.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/County_of_Edessa (746 words)

	Adventure Tours - Urfa-Harran Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Harran is believed to be the home of Biblical Abraham.
		In 53 BC, the Roman general Crassus and his legionnaires were defeated by the Parthians at the Battle of Carrae.
		The beehive-houses made of mud, the ruins of the biggest ancient Harran Islamic University, the ancient city walls are the spots.
	www.adventuretours.com.tr /tours.asp?TourNo=69 (201 words)

	The Octopus -- Chapter 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After the manual of arms, Harran gave the command to take distance as skirmishers, and when the line had opened out so that some half-dozen feet intervened between each man, an advance was made across the field, the men stooping low and snapping the hammers of their rifles at an imaginary enemy.
		Harran had caught up with him by the time he reached the Lower Road, and the two jogged homeward through the miles of standing wheat.
		Harran, uneasy under this unexpected visit of the enemy's friend, dismounted without stabling his horse, and went at once to the dining-room, where visitors were invariably received.
	www.litrix.com /octopus/octop011.htm (9290 words)

	Second Crusade: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		[follow hyperlink for more...]) were taken captive after their defeat at the Battle of Harran (Battle of Harran: the battle of harran took place on may 7, 1104 between the crusader states of...
		Baldwin and Joscelin were both captured a second time in 1122, and although Edessa recovered somewhat after the Battle of Azaz (Battle of Azaz: the battle of azaz took place between the crusader states and the seljuk turks on...
		Conrad split his army into two divisions, one of these was destroyed by the Seljuks on October 25, 1147 at the battle of Dorylaeum (battle of Dorylaeum: the battle of dorylaeum took place during the first crusade on july 1, 1097,...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/second_crusade (4568 words)

	Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Harran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Matthew Harran, progenitor of the Harrans of Schenectady, was born in Scotland.
		He was a farmer of his father's acres, and before emigrating to the United States married Mary Harran and reared a large family.
		He enlisted in 1861 in the Thirtieth Regiment New York Volunteers, and at the second battle of Bull Run was severely wounded and rendered unfit for further service.
	www.schenectadyhistory.org /families/hmgfm/harran.html (1018 words)

	Top 10 Battles for the Control of Iraq \| LiveScience
		A decisive battle occurred at Al-Qidisiyah, a village south of Baghdad.
		His victory in 1514 at the Battle of Chaldiran over the Safavids of Iran paved the way for Ottoman expansion into northern Iraq, as the Safavids had conquered Iraq in 1509.
		Son of Selim, Suleyman I ("the Magnificent") succeeded to the throne in 1520, and by 1522 turned his attention to the Safavids, first negotiating a truce with Archduke Ferdinand of Hungary, leaving himself free to wage the first of three major campaigns against Persia.
	www.livescience.com /history/top10_iraq_battles-1.html (1901 words)

	The fall of Nineveh Chronicle (ABC 3)
		he did battle against Rahi-ilu, a city which is on an island in the middle of the Euphrates and at that time he captured the city.
		He did battle against the city and on the twenty-eighth day of the month Arahsamnu he captured it.
		The king of Akkad reached Harran, fought a battle, and captured the city.
	www.livius.org /ne-nn/nineveh/nineveh02.html (1417 words)

	The Origin of Sin and the Queen of Heaven: Part 1 The Moon God and Goddess
		Harran is the place of Abraham's family and ancestors and the centre of many of the early events of genesis, including the naming of Israel.
		Harran female dress was essentially unchanged from 4 th century to the 19 th (Segal 1963).
		Harran was abruptly erased from history in the 12th century AD by the Mongol conquests.
	www.dhushara.com /book/orsin/origsin.htm (6711 words)

	CHAPTER TWO: The 'King's Calendar' Starting Point - the works of Josephus, The Fall of Jerusalem, the Burning of ...
		The first is the process by which the commencement date for the calendar was determined; the second, deciding which of two possibilities is the appropriate 'year' in which to commence such an artificial calendar (the Temple was destroyed in either 586 BCE or 587 BCE).
		The immediate effect of an alteration to the current chronological placement of the reigns of Nebuchadrezzar and his father, is to alter the date of the 'Battle of Carchemish' in the 17th year of Nabopolassar.
		Currently, the significance to Biblical Chronology of this battle, is that it is directly tied to the death of King Josiah of Judah.
	www.kingscalendar.com /kc_free_files_no_frames/CHAPTER_02.html (3744 words)

	Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity - Astral Religion
		Edessa and Harran were in the region where Anatolia, geographical Syria and northern Mesopotamia merge./27/ The region combined Mesopotamian and West Semitic cultures in many ways, and particularly in religion.
		Harran had a distinguished history long before the Hellenistic era./29/ The date of the first settlement is unknown.
		Harran had no bishop until one was appointed by the emperor Constantius in 361 CE./79/ He cannot have had much success, for Julian still found the people of Harran congenial a few years later.
	www.smoe.org /arcana/diss3.html (10349 words)

	The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia - T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She flew a Y-Wing during the Battle of Endor, but was shot down and killed in the battle.
		In the Battle of Naboo, Tarpals followed General Ceel and helped lead the Gungan army against the Trade Federation’s droid armies, and maintained the tide of the battle until the droids managed to destroy the Gungan shields.
		In the battle that ensued, Tedryn-Sha killed Jem Ysanna, but was in turn slain by Princess Leia, who used her lightsaber to cleave the Dark Jedi in two.
	www.moseisley.com /swenc/encyc-t.htm (20788 words)

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