id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6069 Osroene - Wikipedia .html text/html 4741 680 72 Osroene (/ɒzˈriːniː/; Ancient Greek: Ὀσροηνή / Osrhoēnē, Romanized as Osroëne, or Osrhoene) was an ancient region and state in Upper Mesopotamia.[2] The Kingdom of Osroene, also known as the "Kingdom of Edessa" (Classical Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ‎ / "Kingdom of Urhay"), according to the name of its capital city (now Şanlıurfa, Turkey), existed from the 2nd century BCE, up to the 3rd century CE, and was ruled by the Abgarid dynasty.[3][4][5][6][1][7] Generally allied with the Parthians,[1][8] the Kingdom of Osroene enjoyed semi-autonomy to complete independence from the years of 132 BC to AD 214. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6069.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6069.txt