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  2. Ctesiphon - Wikipedia

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    The oldest inhabited places of Ctesiphon were on its eastern side, which in Islamic Arabic sources is called "the Old City" (مدينة العتيقة Madīnah al-'Atīqah), where the residence of the Sasanians, known as the White Palace (قصر الأبيض), was located. The southern side of Ctesiphon was known as Asbānbar or Aspānbar ...

  3. Al-Mada'in - Wikipedia

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    The oldest inhabited places of al-Mada'in was on its eastern side, which in Arabic sources is called "the Old City", where the residence of the Sasanians, known as the White Palace, was located. The southern side of al-Mada'in was known as Aspanbar, which was known by its prominent halls, riches, games, stables, and baths.

  4. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.

  5. Taq Kasra - Wikipedia

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    It is located near the modern town of Salman Pak, Iraq. It was the facade of the main palace in Ctesiphon , and is the only visible remaining structure of the ancient capital city. The archway is considered a landmark in the history of architecture , [ 1 ] and is the second largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world after ...

  6. Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon - Wikipedia

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    Taq Kasra, Sasanian ruins in Seleucia-Ctesiphon. The Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was an ecclesiastical province of the Church of the East, with see in Seleucia-Ctesiphon. It was attested between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. As its name entails, it was the province of the patriarch of the Church of the East.

  7. White Palace (Ctesiphon) - Wikipedia

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    Map of the metropolis of Ctesiphon in the Sasanian era. The White Palace was located in the Madina al-Atiqa section on the eastern bank. The White Palace was the main residence of the Sasanian King of Kings in the capital of Ctesiphon (about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Baghdad), most likely founded by the second Sasanian monarch Shapur I (r.

  8. Siege of Ctesiphon (637) - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Ctesiphon took place from January to March, 637 between the forces of Sasanian Empire and Rashidun Caliphate. Ctesiphon , located on the eastern bank of the Tigris , was one of the great cities of Persia, the imperial capital of the Parthian and Sassanid Empires.

  9. Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon - Wikipedia

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    The Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, also called the Council of Mar Isaac, met in AD 410 in Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Sassanid Empire. Convoked by King Yazdegerd I (399–421), it organized the Christians of his empire into a single structured Church, which became known as the Church of the East .