Sareisa

Sareisa

Sareisa or "Shareisha" was an ancient city in southeast Anatolia, near Tigris. It is mentioned by Strabo as a city of Cordyene [ [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/16A*.html LacusCurtius • Strabo's Geography — Book XVI Chapter 1 ] ] . Ancient Assyrian inscriptions mention it as 'Shareisha' or 'Shereshe'; Tiglath-Pileser I (ca. 1100 BC) reports his conquer of the city and defeating the forces of "Kurte".

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