Harran

Harran was a noteworthy antiquated city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is close to the advanced town of Altınbasak, Turkey, 44 kilometers southeast of Sanlıurfa. The area is in a region of Sanliurfa Province that is additionally named "Harran". A couple of kilometers from the town of Altinbasak are the archeological stays of antiquated Harran, a noteworthy business, social, and religious focus initially occupied in the Early Bronze Age III period.

It was known as Harranu in the Assyrian time frame; Paddan-Aram/Haran, transliterated as Charan from the Hebrew Bible; Charran/Kharan from Armenian texts,Carrhae under the Roman and Byzantine domains; Hellenopolis in the Early Christian time frame; and Ḥarran in the Islamic period. It is made reference to, in Movses Khorenatsi's and Mikayel Chamchian's History of Armenia, as being under the expert of ruler Sanadroug of Armenia, the power of which he doled out to Queen Helena of Adiabene.

The most punctual records of Harran originate from Ebla tablets. From these, it is realized that an early lord or chairman of Harran had hitched an Eblaite princess, Zugalum, who at that point moved toward becoming "ruler of Harran", and whose name shows up in ious documents. It gives the idea that Harran remained a piece of the territorial Eblaite kingdom for quite a while thereafter.