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'''Ganzak''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Gazaca'', [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Gaza'', ''Ganzaga'', [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: ''Janza'', ''Jaznaq''), sometimes spelt '''Gandzak''' <ref>[http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/008/424.htm Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Gandzak].</ref>, is an ancient Achaemenid town founded in northwestern [[Iran]]. Its name is originally [[Medes|Median]] but later adopted into [[Persian language|Persian]] (Old, and then New Persian). The city stood somewhere south of [[Lake Urmia]] and [[Atropates]] "presumably" chose the city as his capital.<ref name=EI/> |
'''Ganzak''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Gazaca'', [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Gaza'', ''Ganzaga'', [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: ''Janza'', ''Jaznaq''), sometimes spelt '''Gandzak''' <ref>[http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/008/424.htm Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Gandzak].</ref>, is an ancient Achaemenid town founded in northwestern [[Iran]]. Its name is originally [[Medes|Median]] but later adopted into [[Persian language|Persian]] (Old, and then New Persian). The city stood somewhere south of [[Lake Urmia]] and [[Atropates]] "presumably" chose the city as his capital.<ref name=EI/> |
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The exact location, according to Minorsky, Schippmann, and Boyce, is identified as being near Laylān in the [[Miandoab]] plain.<ref name=EI>M. Boyce, [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/unicode/v10f3/v10f382.html Ganzak], in [[Encyclopaedia Iranica]], vol. 10, 2001.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Christensen|first=Peter|title=The Decline of Iranshahr|pages=323–324, note 10|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ebB_ac13v3UC&pg=PA323&dq=ganzak&sig=ACfU3U34xip7O_lXePB1arDwWOiKSQtTvQ#PPA323,M1|accessdate=23 Jul 2008}}</ref> The now-defunct identification of Ganzak with [[Takht-e Suleiman]] was caused by "defective Byzantine sources"<ref>D. Huff, TAKT-e Solayman, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (sup.), 2001.</ref> |
The exact location, according to Minorsky, Schippmann, and Boyce, is identified as being near Laylān in the [[Miandoab]] plain.<ref name=EI>M. Boyce, [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/unicode/v10f3/v10f382.html Ganzak], in [[Encyclopaedia Iranica]], vol. 10, 2001.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Christensen|first=Peter|title=The Decline of Iranshahr|pages=323–324, note 10|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ebB_ac13v3UC&pg=PA323&dq=ganzak&sig=ACfU3U34xip7O_lXePB1arDwWOiKSQtTvQ#PPA323,M1|accessdate=23 Jul 2008}}</ref> The now-defunct identification of Ganzak with [[Takht-e Suleiman]] was caused by "defective Byzantine sources"<ref>D. Huff, TAKT-e Solayman, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (sup.), 2001.</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:01, 30 December 2009
Ganzak (Greek: Gazaca, Latin: Gaza, Ganzaga, Arabic: Janza, Jaznaq), sometimes spelt Gandzak [1], is an ancient Achaemenid town founded in northwestern Iran. Its name is originally Median but later adopted into Persian (Old, and then New Persian). The city stood somewhere south of Lake Urmia and Atropates "presumably" chose the city as his capital.[2]
The exact location, according to Minorsky, Schippmann, and Boyce, is identified as being near Laylān in the Miandoab plain.[2][3] The now-defunct identification of Ganzak with Takht-e Suleiman was caused by "defective Byzantine sources"[4]
It was sacked by Heraclius in 622 AD, and the fire temple and sanctuary of Adur Gushnasp was destroyed. Template:ANE portal
Notes
- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Gandzak.
- ^ a b M. Boyce, Ganzak, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 10, 2001.
- ^ Christensen, Peter. The Decline of Iranshahr. pp. 323–324, note 10. Retrieved 23 Jul 2008.
- ^ D. Huff, TAKT-e Solayman, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (sup.), 2001.
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