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Mardin

Mardin is a city in south-eastern Turkey, built in terraces on a steep hill overlooking the Mesopotamian plain. It was the capital of an Artuqid dynasty from the early 12th century to 1409 and is famous for its stone mosques and madrasas and its Syriac Christian heritage. Its population has long mixed Arabs, Kurds, Turks and Syriac Christians.

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Artuqids of Mardin

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mardin. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mardin
MLA: “Mardin.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mardin. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Mardin.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mardin.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Mardin’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mardin (Accessed: ).

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