Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae").Early History
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Hecatompylos: one of the capitals of the ancient Parthian Empire. The identification with Šahr-e Qumis is not uncontested.
Hecatompylos, serail
The first…
Hagra: town in the Al-‘Ula oasis. Originally a town of the Lihyanites, it became part of Nabataea and was reused as a Roman fort. Modern Mada'in Saleh.Lihyanite Hegra
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Herecura: ancient goddess, venerated along the northern shores of the Adriatic Sea and in Germania Superior.
Herecura
The goddess Herecura or Herequra…
Hippo Regius: port in Numidia, best-known for its fifth-century bishop, Augustine, modern Annaba.Hippo Regius
Basilica, said to be of Augustine
Phoenician colony…