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	Kommagene - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Kommagene (Latin: Commagene) was a small kingdom, located in modern south-central Turkey, with its capital at Samosata (modern Samsat, near the Euphrates).
		Kommagene is famous for its sanctuary located on Mount Nemrud (Nemrud Dagi), an enormous complex on a mountain-top founded by Antiochus Theos featuring giant statues of the king (whose epithet means God), surrounded by gods.
		The location of Antiochus' tomb is one of the mysteries of archeology and recent research has revealed that on the peak of Nemrud Mountain close to the mausoleum there are some cavities that could hold the tomb of the king.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Kommagene (395 words)

	Hulya Yalcin: Wonderland Turkey
		Fairy chimneys are generally found in the valleys of the Uçhisar-Ürgüp-Avanos triangle, between Urgup and Sahinefendi, around the town of Cat in Nevsehir, in the Soganli valley in Kayseri, and in the village of Selime in Aksaray.
		Kommagene: The Forgotten Kingdom, Mount Nemrud The kingdom of Kommagene was situated in the south east of Turkey, at the upper reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
		Kommagene became a satellite state of the Assyrians.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~hulya/MySevenWonders.html (3268 words)

	Kommagene - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Kommagene (Latin: Commagene) was a small kingdom, located in modern south-central Turkey, with its capital at Samosata (modern Samsat, near the Euphrates).
		Kommagene is famous for its sanctuary located on Mount Nemrud (Nemrud Dagi), an enormous complex on a mountain-top founded by Antiochus Theos featuring giant statues of the king (whose epithet means God), surrounded by gods.
		The location of Antiochus' tomb is one of the mysteries of archeology and recent research has revealed that on the peak of Nemrud Mountain close to the mausoleum there are some cavities that could hold the tomb of the king.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Kommagene (414 words)

	International Nemrud Foundation - History - 7. The End of Kommagene
		Mithradates II transferred the body of his sister to Kommagene and buried her at the burial mound of Karakus (Black Bird).
		The Kommagene army was defeated by the Roman legions.
		Kommagene died and the Nemrud began its long sleep, disturbed only by the howling of the mountain wind and the visit of a lost shepherd.
	www.nemrud.nl /en/hs_tekst7.asp (421 words)

	Nemrut Dag (Mount Nemrut) - All About Turkey
		On either side of the east terrace stand relieves of the King's ancestors, paternal (Persian) to the north, maternal (Seleucid) to the south, framing the colossal figures of the gods (heads standing on the ground) facing the main altar.
		The ruins of Samosata (3rd c), the old Kommagene capital on the Euphrates, now mostly lie submerged beneath the waters of the Atatürk Baraji (Dam) south-west of Kahta.
		This Kommagene tumulus 47km/29 miles north-east of Adiyaman was erected by Mithridates II (36-20 B.C.) for his mother Isias, his sister Laodike (36 B.C., wife of the Parthian King Orodes IV), and his niece Aka.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /nemrut.htm (949 words)

	Kommagene
		The small kingdom of Kommagene (lat Commagene) in northern ancient Syria (modern south-central Turkey) bounded by Cilicia on the west and Cappadocia on the north arose in 162 BC, where the governor Ptolemy broke free from the disintegrating Seleucid Empire.
		The statues were however destroyed by the Romans, and the sanctuary fell into oblivion, being rediscovered only in the 19th century and now a site of utmost interest for archaelogicans.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Commagene.html (349 words)

	Nemrut ve Kommagene
		Kommagene adındaki bu krallık, uzun yıllar Asur egemenliğinde kaldıktan sonra zorlu savaşlar vererek bağımsızlığını kazandı.
		Yüzyılda kurulan Kommagene M.S.72 yılına kadar bu bölgede yaşamını sürdürdü.
		Tanrı Zeus’un soluna Kommagene Kralı, Theos olarak kendisini, Zeus’un sağına da Kommagene’nin Anası, Thea, olarak annesi Laodike’yi yerleştirdi.
	www.tuluyhanugurlu.com /nemrut%20ve%20kommagene.htm (1101 words)

	ADIYAMAN
		The mausoleum which was built by the king on to the peak of the highest Mountain also signifies the importance of the cult of rulers for the kingdom.
		The Kingdom of Kommagene once ruled in that part of Southeastern Anatolia remaining between the Southeastern Taurus Range and the Euphrates, bordered by Clicia to the west and Cappadocia to the north.
		After the death of Antiochus IV, the Kommagene was eventually bounded to by the Roman Empire during the reign of Vespasianus (72 AD) and ruled as a part of the Syrian state.
	www.gap.gov.tr /English/Ggbilgi/ayaman.html (1857 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Cosmopolitan State of Kommagene is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare.
		Kommagene's national animal is the Mammoth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the D-on.
		Kommagene is ranked 4th in the region and 59,582nd in the world for Largest Retail Sector.
	www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=kommagene (142 words)

	Nemrut, Adıyaman, Adiyaman, Turkey
		The sides of the pedestals overlooking the court and the tumulus are inscribed with the country's laws and commandments as well as with the king's birthday and de- tails of cult procedures, all written in the Greek script.
		The last priest of Kommagene probably left the sanctuary on Mount Nemrud in 72 A.D., after the rebelling King Antiochus IV had lost the war with Rome.
		For the Goddess of Kommagene the king wears the leaves of a pomegranate, for Apollo, laurel leaves, for Zeus oak leaves and for Herakles, vine leaves.
	www.enjoyturkey.com /info/sights/adiyaman.htm (8094 words)

	International Nemrud Foundation - History - 1. Kommagene: The Forgotten Kingdom
		The kingdom of Kommagene was situated in the south east of Turkey, at the upper reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
		In the past, Kommagene was a very rich region known for its wealth of minerals and ores such as brown coal, gypsum, iron, gold and petroleum.
		The people of the south of Mesopotamia I transferred to Kommagene." As we see, the policy of deporting people was already exercised in those days.
	www.nemrud.nl /en/hs_tekst1.asp (573 words)

	Mt.Nemrut National Park, Mt. Nemrud, Mount Nemrut, Adiyaman, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		Kings of the Kommagene dynasty from 80 B.C. to 72 A.D ruled Adiyaman and its vicinity.
		The kingdom's independence came to an end with its defeat by Roman legions in the last of the Kommagene wars and it became part of the Roman province of Syria.
		The handshaking scenes that are to be seen on the west are as follows: Antiochos and the goddess Kommagene; Antiochos and Apollo-Mithras; Antiochos and Zeus-Oromasdes; Antiochos and Herakles-Artagnes.
	www.adiyamanli.org /mt_nemrut.htm (1258 words)

	FOCUS on NEMRUD
		he famous statues of gods, goddesses and also the kings as well as the tumulus of 1.Antiochos Epiphanes, the king of Kommagene, are situated on Nemrud dagi (Nemrud mountain) which is located next to Kahta village of Adiyaman, a southeastern province of Turkey.
		he Kommagene kingdom was founded by 1.Mithradates Kallinikos in the 1st century B.C. The kingdom became a strong political entity during the reign of 1.Antiochos Epiphanes (62-32 B.C.) who was the son of 1.Mithradates.
		he king of Kommagene 1.Antiochos claims that his father Mithradates was a descendant of Persian king 1.Dareios (522-486 B.C.) and his mother Laodike was a descendant of Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.).
	www.focusmm.com /civcty/nemru_00.htm (638 words)

	Antiochus Theos: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Antiochus Theos
		Antiochus I Theos was king of the small Middle East kingdom of Kommagene (69 - 40 BC).
		The son of king Mithradates Callinicus and a Seleucid princess Laodice, Antiochus is famous for founding the impressive sanctuary of Nemrud Dag[?].
		Despite his efforts, his reign ended with Kommagene submitting to the Roman empire, and becoming a client-state under Augustus.
	www.encyclopedian.com /an/Antiochus-Theos.html (89 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Kings of Kommagene
		The Kingdom of Kommagene was a small Hellenistic kingdom in southern Anatolia, near Antioch, which began life as a tributary state of the Seleucids, and later became an independent kingdom, before eventually being annexed by Rome in 72 AD.
		The term Hellenistic (established by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen) in the history of the ancient world is used to refer to the shift from a culture dominated by ethnic Greeks, however scattered geographically, to a culture dominated by Greek-speakers of whatever ethnicity, and from the political dominance...
		Lists of office-holders Antiochus I Theos was king of the small Middle East kingdom of Kommagene (69 - 40 BC).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Kings-of-Kommagene (271 words)

	International Nemrud Foundation - 1. Kommagene: Unutulan Krallik
		Kommagene Krallığı Türkiye'nin güneydoğusunda, Dicle ve Fırat Nehirlerinin yukarı kıyılarında kurulmuştu.
		Kommagene kömür, demir, altın ve petrol gibi mineral ve madenleriyle ünlü çok verimli bir bölgeydi.
		Sonradan Kommagene krallığını başkenti olacak olan Samosata'da son kez savaşırlar.
	www.nemrud.nl /tr/hs_tekst1.asp (294 words)

	Kommagene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		El reino pequeño de Kommagene (lat Commagene) en Siria antigua norteña (Turquía sur-central moderna) limitó por Cilicia en el oeste y Cappadocia en el norte se presentó en 162 A.C., cuando el gobernador Ptolemy se rompió libremente del imperio de desintegración de Seleucid.
		Kommagene es famoso por su santuario situado en la montaña de Nemrud (Nemrud Dagi), un complejo enorme en un mountain-top fundado por Antiochus Theos que ofrece las estatuas gigantes del rey (que epíteto significa a dios), rodeadas por los dioses.
		La ubicación de la tumba de Antiochus es uno de los misterios de la arqueología y la investigación reciente ha revelado que en el pico de la montaña de Nemrud cerca del mausoleo hay algunas cavidades que podrían sujetar la tumba del rey.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ko/Kommagene.htm (397 words)

	Ataman Hotel - Adıyaman
		Adıyaman lived the periods of the Seljuk Turks, Crusades and Mamelukes in the 11th, and those of the Anatolian Seljuks, Ilkhanite and Mamelukes in the 12th century.
		On the peak of the mountain which overlooks the Euphrates passages and plains there is a tumulus dating back to the Kommagene King I. Antiochos, an altar, sculptures of Zeus, Fortuna and Apollo as well as lion sculptures and eagle heads.
		The inscription on the eastern column reads that some close relatives of Mithridates, the King of Kommagene, are buried in the tumulus.
	www.atamanhotel.com /adiyaman.html (653 words)

	IJCT PR 2000 U-Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		2-3]: Harald Hauptmann, "Ein frühneolithisches Kultbild aus Kommagene" [pp.
		Zur Baupolitik des Antiochos I. von Kommagene und seines Sohnes Mithradates II." [pp.
		45-49]; Dieter Metzler, "Kommagene von Osten her gesehen" [pp.
	www.bu.edu /ict/ijct/pr/2000/U-Z (1893 words)

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		Kommagene temporarily lost its independence and was attached to the
		In the meantime, Kommagene recovered its independence, and the king of Kommagene was also given dominion over the wild areas of
		Cilicia, Kommagene and Armenia Minor were finally brought under direct Roman jurisdiction.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mapplace/EU/EU10-AsiaMinor/EU10-english16Feb2005.htm (2650 words)

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		In the meantime, Kommagene recovered its independence, and the king of Kommagene was also given dominion over the wild areas of Cilicia.
		A separate province of Cilicia was formed from the wild regions and plains of Cilicia.
		Kommagene was handed over to the province of Syria, and Armenia Minor to Cappadocia.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mapplace/EU/EU10-AsiaMinor/EU10-translation.doc (2146 words)

	GATA TOURS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Nemrut Dag (Mt Nemrud) is a mountain measuring 2,150meters in height.
		At its height, Kommagene extended from the Toros (Taurus) mountains on the north to the Firat (
		I transferred to Kommagene." As we see, the policy of deporting people was already excercised in those days.
	www.gata.com.tr /ing/aboutturkey/cities/commagene.asp (3353 words)

	..:: T.C. KÜLTÜR VE TURİZM BAKANLIĞI ::.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		UNESCO tarafından Dünya Kültür Mirası olarak ilan edilen Nemrut Dağı, çevresindeki Kommagene Uygarlığı eserleri ile birlikte ülkenin önemli Milli Parklarından biridir.
		Uzun çalışmalar sonunda Grekçe yazılı kitabeyi çözen Punchstein, bu eserlerin Kommagene Uygarlığı'na ait olduğunu ve Kommagene Kralı I. Antiochos tarafından yaptırıldığını keşfeder.
		Antik dünyanın küçük ancak güçlü ülkesi Kommagene, baba tarafı Pers Krallarından "Krallar Kralı olarak anılan Darius'a ile, anne tarafı Makedonya Hükümdarı Büyük İskender ile akraba olan bir prensin oğlu Mithradates Kallinikos tarafından, İ.Ö.
	www.turizm.gov.tr /TR/Yonlendir.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFF679A66406202CCB0E15F7E276B12EFF0 (420 words)

	Kommagene Term Papers, Essay Research Paper Help, Essays on Kommagene
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	www.essaytown.com /topics/kommagene_essays_papers.html (774 words)

	Ancient Nemrut Dag in Turkey (Kommagene Dynasty)
		Kings of the Kommagene Dynasty from 80 BC to 72 AD ruled Adiyaman Province and its vicinity.
		At its height Kommagene extended from the Taurus mountains on the north to the Euphrates river on the east and south to present day Gaziantep.
		In a cult inscription King Antiochos declares that he had the site built for the ages and generations that were to follow him as a debt of thanks to the gods and to his deified ancestors for their manifest assistance.
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Nemrut_Dag.html (269 words)

	Itinerary for East Turkey trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mount Nemrut- Gaziantep: We watch the sun rise at Mount Nemrut, together with the monumental statues of Gods such as Zeus and Apollo and of the King Antiochus of Hellenistic Kommagene.
		The statues are located in front of the pyramid tomb of the King at peak of the 2000m mountain.
		After breakfast, we visit the fascinating remains of the Kingdom of Kommagene and drive to Gaziantep for dinner and overnight.
	www.niu.edu /ext_prog/EastTurkey.html (858 words)

	Nemrut Dag ("Berg der Götter") - Türkei / Der Berg Nemrut im Südosten der Türkei; Nemrut Nationalpark
		Das Königreich Kommagene und sein Herrscher Antiochus I. Der Berg Nemrut - nicht zu verwechseln mit dem gleichnamigen Berg in der Provinz Van - hat so weit bekannt nichts mit der biblischen Figur Nimrud zu tun, wie es der Name suggeriert.
		Kommagene, das war ein relativ kleines Königreich in der Südosttürkei.
		Zumindest eine entfernte Verwandtschaft ist durchaus realistisch, schließlich hat sich Kommagene nicht in Luft aufgelöst, sondern wurde von den Römern besiegt.
	www.alla-turca.de /nemrut.htm (811 words)

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