Kemah, Erzincan
Kemah ( ku, Kemax), known historically as Ani-Kamakh ( hy, Ô±Õ¶Õ«-Ô¿Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Õ), Gamakh, Kamacha or Kamachon ( el, Κάμαχα, Κάμαχον) is a town and district of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.
History Ancient and medieval
Kemah is a town with a present population of 2141 (2010 est.). The town is located almost in the centre of Erzincan Province.
In ancient times, the town was known as Ani-Kamakh, and was the cult center of the Armenian goddess Anahit (Ani). It may be what the Hittites referred to as Kummaha (if that was not just a variant of Kummuh).
The necropolis of Armenia's Arsacid Dynasty was located in Kemah, including the tomb of Tiridates III who was instrumental in the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity.
During the early Middle Ages, Kemah was a strategically important border fortress in the border wars between the Byzantines and the Umayyads and Abbasids. It first fell to the Muslims in 679 and changed hands frequen ...
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