| LC control no. | sh2007009585 |
|---|---|
| Geographic heading | Carchemish (Extinct city) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Turkey--Carchemish (Extinct city) |
| Variant(s) | Barak (Extinct city) Carchemus (Extinct city) Djerabis (Extinct city) Europas (Extinct city) Jarablos (Extinct city) Kargamış (Extinct city) Karkamıș (Extinct city) |
| See also | Extinct cities--Turkey Turkey--Antiquities |
| Found in | Work cat.: Euphrates River Valley settlement : the Carchemish sector in the third millennium BC, 2007: preface (Carchemish, one of the great capital cities of the Ancient Near East) Carchemish : report on the excavations at Jerablus on behalf of the British Museum, 1978. GEOnet, Oct. 31, 2007: (Kargamış [unverified], variants: Karkamış, Carchemish, Barak; historical site; 36°55ʹ00ʺN, 038°00ʹ00ʺ E; Gaziantep district, Turkey) LC database, Nov. 14, 2007 (hdg.: Carchemish) Britannica online, Oct. 31, 2007 (Carchemish (Roman: Europus), ancient city-state located in what is now S. Turkey, along Syrian border; lay on W. bank of Euphrates River near modern town Jarabulus (N. Syria), and 38 miles SE of Gaziantep, Turkey; Hittite conqueror Suppiluliumas (c. 1375 35 BC) established his son as king of the city, which he used as a buffer state against Assyria, Mitanni, and Egypt; site, occupying over 230 acres, was excavated 1911 20 by David G. Hogarth and later by Sir Leonard Woolley) Wikipedia, Oct. 31, 2007: (Carchemus (called "Europas" by Romans), important city of Mitanni and Hittite empires; city known locally as "Jarablos," linking it to Biblical city of Jerablus; corrupted form, "Djerabis"; city commanded main ford across Euphrates; location identified 1876 by George Smith, had previously been misidentified with Circesium) |
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