Talk:Tell Abu Hureyra

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--LuYu (talk) 11:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ebla in another region of Syria is allegedly also known as Tell Mardikh. If that's as it should be some disambiguation Wikipedia-magic might help. 89.204.138.132 (talk) 18:58, 19 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to be on the wrong talk page for this, but Ebla is the ancient name for the place that today in Arabic is called Tell Mardikh. This combination of names is very common in the Middle East, e.g. Tell Brak --> Nagar, Tell Mozan --> Urkesh etc. Even places like Babylon and Nineveh have modern Arabic names. Hope this helps! --Zoeperkoe (talk) 07:09, 20 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It was a serious point, because the infobox on this page currently says "Alternate name: Tell Mardikh". If that's correct (I haven't verified), it will be useful also to say that Ebla has the same name. Andrew Dalby 12:41, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Melanieam641 added a mention of a "glacial interstate", citing Andrew Moore's "Village on the Euphrates: From Foraging to Farming at Abu Hureyra". I am wondering whether Mr Moore actually used that term but cannot access that publication. Can anyone confirm this? Peter Gulutzan (talk) 13:59, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rye... Ended up ended up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A04:4540:AA00:E500:6972:1CDC:E47B:37D2 (talk) 12:22, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Siffin page mentions Byzantine monastery, the battle itself, and an Abu Hureyra village. The tell is very significant all by itself, but the later evolution of the site should at least get a short mention. Btw, I'm sure it became a tell for the same reasons it continued to be inhabited and fought over. Arminden (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]