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Kâhta District
Kâhta District is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Kâhta.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its area is 1,274 km2, and its population is 127,534 (2021). On 12 October 2018, cave drawings which date back to the , were discovered in the Kâhta district, due to the decline of Atatürk Reservoir waters by 10–15 meters. Composition There are 3 |
Commagene
Commagene () was an ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom ruled by a Hellenized branch of the Orontid dynasty, Orontids, a dynasty of Iranian peoples, Iranian origin, that had ruled over the Satrapy of Armenia. The kingdom was located in and around the ancient city of Samosata, which served as its capital. The Iron Age name of Samosata, Kummuh, probably gives its name to Commagene. Commagene has been characterized as a "buffer state" between Armenia, Parthia, Syria, and Rome; culturally, it was correspondingly mixed. The kings of the Kingdom of Commagene claimed descent from Orontes I, Orontes with Darius I of Persia as their ancestor, by his marriage to Rhodogune, daughter of Artaxerxes II who had a family descent from king Darius I. The territory of Commagene corresponded roughly to the modern Turkish provinces of Adıyaman Province, Adıyaman and northern Gaziantep Province, Antep. Little is known of the region of Commagene before the beginning of the 2nd century BC. However, it se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
