Corduene

Corduene^{[nb 1]} (Armenian: Կորճայք, romanized: Korchayk’; Greek: Κορδυηνή, romanized: Kordyene; Hebrew: קרטיגיני, romanized: Kartigini^[1]) was an ancient historical region, located south of Lake Van, present-day eastern Turkey.

According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Gordyene is the ancient name of the region of Bohtan, now Şırnak Province.^[2] It is mentioned as Beth Qardu in Syriac sources and is described as a small vassal state between Armenia and Parthian Empire in the mountainous area south of Lake Van in what is now Turkey.^[3] Corduene must also be sought on the left bank of the Tigris. Corduene is documented as a fertile mountainous district, rich in pasturage.^[2]^[4]

The Kingdom of Gordyene emerged from the declining Seleucid Empire, and for most of its history it was a province of the Roman Empire^[5] and acknowledged the sovereignty of Rome.^[6] From 189 to 90 BCE, it enjoyed a period of independence.

The people of Gordyene were known to have worshiped the Hurrian chief deity and weather god Teshub.^[7]

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^ Efraim Elimelech Urbach, I. Abrahams, The Sages, 1089 pp., Magnes Press, 1979, ISBN 965-223-319-6, p.552
^ ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Persia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 211–216.
^ Parthian City Index
^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CA´BALEIS, CARAMBIS, CARDU´CHI". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
^ Theodor Mommsen History of Rome – The Establishment of the Military Monarchy Page 24
^ The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire – Vol 2 – Chapter XXIV Part IV
^ Olaf A. Toffteen, Notes on Assyrian and Babylonian Geography, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, pp.323-357, 1907, p.341

[2] Efraim Elimelech Urbach, I. Abrahams, The Sages, 1089 pp., Magnes Press, 1979, ISBN 965-223-319-6, p.552

[EB1911-3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Persia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 211–216.

[4] Parthian City Index

[5] "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CA´BALEIS, CARAMBIS, CARDU´CHI". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-03.

[6] Theodor Mommsen History of Rome – The Establishment of the Military Monarchy Page 24

[7] The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire – Vol 2 – Chapter XXIV Part IV

[8] Olaf A. Toffteen, Notes on Assyrian and Babylonian Geography, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, pp.323-357, 1907, p.341

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