Talk:Harran

Tree
The tree from which the gum was derived is called stobrum by Pliny, not to be confused by strobum, a variety of pine, which is of North American origin.

Relations - Sources of Sources
Sources such as Josephus or Jasher or Genesis have their own sources unveiled by the relations between them. Thus there are reasons not just heresay why one source says built when Peleg was 50 and others say built when Reu was 50. The two men (father and son) are 30 years apart (Peleg 2269bc, Reu 2239bc producing age 50 as 2219bc and 2189bc). In the case od 2219bc (if as evidence indicates Haran died in year 340 and was reborn into heaven to be with Peleg), this year 50 of Peleg in Masoretic Genesis is Peleg's death at age 239 in year 740 of Greek Genesis. Likewise, if Haran was born when Terah was 70 in Masoretic year 292, his death in year 341 would be Haran's 50th year, not Peleg, not Reu. The 79 of grandpa Nahor (his 29+50) not only makes use of this same year 50 in this WikiPedia article, but can be sourced to claiming grandson Nahor as first born (Nahor's 79 for Terah and 70 for Nahor born when Haran died at 50, and 10 years before Abram born in Haran's 60. Reverse it all in text language ordinal semantics and you have the claim Haran died when Abram was 50 (Jasher) and Haran died when Abram was 60 (Jubilees). The whole world is about reversing truth to create lies. And literally mathematical reversals are in every chronology if you seek to see them. BUT some type of spirit in people is refusing to look for this backbone math. There is so much obvious backbone math, that i am bitterly drowning in it. These dead ancient historians would have to come back to life to ask you why you can't see theit backbone math structure. 75.86.172.174 (talk) 17:38, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Map
This article needs a map showing Harran's actual location. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anthonyhcole (talk • contribs) 18:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I added a map request template. SamEV (talk) 04:32, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Harran founded
Tamara M. Green,The city of the Moon god: religious traditions of Harran, 1992, pg. 19, Chptr1, Line 10, clearly states without doubt that Harran was founded by Ur as a merchant outpost around the 19th century.

If there is some doubts about this statement, please provide sources and references.

Thanks, Jasonasosa (talk) 19:25, 18 December 2010 (UTC)


 * There is no doubt that Harran was there long before this as it is prominent in the Ebla tablets (2200 BC). As the article says.  I have looked into as many primary sources as possible and believe that Ms. Green's statement is secondary conjecture based on both cities being centres of Sin, and that she ws not informed by the Ebla tablets.  I therefore think her opinion ought to at least be attributed as such, not endorsed. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 19:38, 18 December 2010(UTC)
 * I do not dispute the Ebla tablets. However, before the 19th century, it was not a trading post. It became a trading post later by Ur. She says that it was founded as a trading post... It is the same concept as Christopher Columbus finding the new world. By step into the New World, a trade route had been solidifide... does that mean he was the original founder of the Americas? Hell no. Therefore... as a Trading Post, Harran was found by Ur. Obviously, someone else was also there before then by the discovery of the Ebla Tablets.Jasonasosa (talk) 19:47, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Harran was built to entrap the city of Kish (on the Tigris) between Ur to the south and Harran to the north. Trade such as highland olive oil came down the Tigris river to Kish where the crossover to the Euphrates was narrow and the outpost of Kish was the Babel tower. However, by building Harran to the north it blocked the westward route from Nineveh to Canaan, as well as being close enough on a tributary to the Euprates to keep an eye on northward Euphrates river traffic. When 1st dynasty Ur fell (2029bc) the city Mari was put right on the river to guarantee what Harran could not in trade-flow to Canaan. (It requires longevity to understand that Ibbi-Sin of 2029bc who set up Ishbi-Erra of 2017bc did not end 3rd dynasty Ur in 2029bc but rather became king of 3rd dynasty from 1925-1901bc.) Either way, Ur fell in 2029bc, whether 1st dynasty (Genesis) or 3rd dynasty (traditional), causing foundation of Mari. The sequence of extending a Marduk (Mars) calendar is what proves it. As Mars wanders from the average 780-day TAU, it requires observation earlier before set, and later after rise. Asian increments prove this to be first 60 days, then 120 days. Mayans make it 130 days. Using astronomy Mars and Jupiter cycle the new years of 360-day. Jupiter though 83 Julian years for 7 orbits will retain its 12-year as 360-day (12-24-36-48-60-72-84), and Mars varies but is the best constant for 360-day new year (6 orbits of 780-day). With this in mind the Marduk or as Zecaria Sitchin translates as The Son of The Temple Mountain Pyramid meets as 12-year Jupiter and 13-year Mars in 156 years = 154 Julian. This math is found in all ancient original timelines (Greek, Egypt, Moslem, Hindu, Chinese, Mayan). Modern scholars refuse to see the astronomy.75.86.172.174 (talk) 17:04, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Harran's mythology.
I see the source given for the information in the section "Harran's mythology" is a book entitled The Chronology of Genesis: A Complete History of the Nefilim (2003). I haven't looked this one up yet, or checked to see how reliable it is. But, would you be able to tell what the primary source is for these alleged "myths"? If they are indeed recorded myths, they would seem to confuse the reigns of actual rulers who lived centuries apart, such as Ur-Nammu of Ur-III and Ishbi-Erra of Isin. There were a few rulers of Ur with names like Nannar, but I'm not certain what historical ruler would be meant by "King Marduk". It would also be quite impressive if it could be shown there existed an archaeological tablet as a primary source mentioning Abraham in connection with any of this. However, the absence of what would presumably be ground-breaking news on that in scholarship, makes that entire "Nefilim" source seem a little suspect. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 04:00, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I placed it under mythology just for those reasons really... I thought it was good info to start and get some brain juices flowing. I had hoped that there would be original sources, but he didnt provide any. Neil is a historian himself, but I dont know how he came to those conclusions. Its worth investigating though... and we can only treat it as mythology. This is a book published for the consumer... so we cant ignore it.Jasonasosa (talk) 04:29, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It may be "mythology", but if it was mythology invented by one author in the year 2003, and cannot be traced before that anywhere, then that significantly reduces its encyclopedic value for us, you know. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 13:36, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Location of Biblical Haran
This is a POV fork you aretrying to make, because every source I have ever seen is of the POV that Haran = Harran and I don;t know where you are getting any other from. I have yet to see a source placing it anywhere else. Where else has any source ever placed it? --Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 06:13, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Harran may very well be Charan... however, there is no proof as of yet that it is. > Bienkowski & Millard. Dictionary of the ancient Near East (ISBN 0812235576, ISBN 9780812235579), 2000, p.140;
 * This is not about other possible locations. The fact remains that there needs to be evidence at Harran to support that it is in fact Charan (Hebrew). Since there are no references to support this, this location falls in the same category as the Sumerian City of Ur being/or not being Ur of Chaldees.
 * Additionally, since this section is not even properly referenced, it is subject to deletion... forget POV forking. Jasonasosa (talk) 06:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm sure finding sufficient references for it would be no problem for it at all... But in the case of Ur of the Chaldees, at least there are rival locations where alternate theories have placed it.  This is not a comparable analogy as nobody thinks Abraham's Haran was anywhere but Harran as far as I know.  Where do you think it was?  Also I see you state on your user page that you think it was built by Terah.  Keep in mind that is your own Original Research since there is no evidence in any book stating such.  Note that two early sources already mentioned in the article state it was built by Nimrod, though, but I don't believe Terah being the builder has any solid textual support anywhere. And I'm pretty sure your recently-written source about Nephilim that we discussed earlier qualifies as WP:FRINGE, it seems to have a lot of novel inventions of its own regarding Harran. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 06:37, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * This argument is not about Terah. The nephlim section is published material by a historian and properly referenced. Harran probably was built by Nimrod... but where are the archeological references? None... as my reference holds that there is no proof that Terah or Nimrod had established Harran. For all anybody knows it was King Haran from the Ebla Tablet. They are all speculations until the excavations prove otherwise. The only difference between this category and Ur... are the other possible locations for Ur Kasdim, other than that, it is identical. Jasonasosa (talk) 06:46, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * OK I'm certain I can come up with umpteen sources speaking for the consensus view that Haran = Harran. In the meantime, please don't delete the section (but feel free to add a cn tag where you think cites ought to go) and also, please see if you can quote any refs here establishing that any other POV as to the identity intended by the biblical city of "Haran" even exists in scholarship. Thanks, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 06:50, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Btw, as to the builder of Harran, ironically I was just reading Masudi the other day and according to him, Harran was built by Cainan (the father of Shelah in some versions) and named for a son of the same name... But at any rate, if you now agree it was "probably" Nimrod, will you be updating your homepage?! Regards, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 07:06, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

(B)CE vs BC/AD
Since this article is not necessarily about a Biblical place (for one, regardless of whether or not Harran=Haran, most of the info is certainly non-Biblical in origin), it seems more sensible to avoid the BC/AD style in favor of BCE/CE. Any dissenters? SamEV (talk) 03:37, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

I dissent too. The error is ordinal in nature where 1AD is not first year but 1 year, and today's 2016 is not the 2016th but 2016 years. The BC system did this. Proof is in the math where 532AD was created as 28 of 19 year moon, and 19 of 28 years of weeks. Neither 19-year moon nor 28-year week cycle can be forced to be a 532nd year, it is 532 years and thus from the error of 1BC. Thus 2bc= 1 BAD, and 1bc = AD (no need to say zero) and 1AD is retained as 1 year not 1st year AD. Common Era is not Common to Islam nor China. And CE if common Era has been read as Christian Era which is the same as AD.75.86.172.174 (talk) 17:20, 22 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I dissent. The BCE notation is newfangled and cumbersome, as opposed to simple BC which is still much more common, widely understood and recognizable.  The policy worked out after a vast amount of debate says BC is perfectly acceptable, but is only a minority that seem to be pushing the E with a vengeance, not from neutrality, but only because it is somehow a flag-waving of some kind of so-called "PC" sentiments.  This activism has even caused protests in Australia in recent years.  The issue has proved to be highly contested on wp between large camps of editors who support one or the other filling up scores of archive pages to the tune of several MB -- which finally resulted in the compromise procedure we have now, along the lines of British v. American English.  We should not look for rationales (which are lost on me and many others who dont share that POV) to add the E, when the E truly is unnecessary and nothing more than an unpleasant reminder of all the rancour for many readers. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 04:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I concur with BCE/CE. So to date, thats 2 editors in favor of BCE/CE to 1 editor BC/AD... :p Jasonasosa (talk) 02:22, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * "newfangled"? What are you, Til, 100 years old?
 * But seriously, 'it's new and people have disagreed about it'; that's what your argument boils down to.
 * Wikipedia is not against the new. For instance, it asks that we use the latest sources if possible; outdated info is a problem, as you know. There is a policy against neologisms, but I'm sure you'd have a hard time proving that BCE/CE falls under its scope.
 * Since Wikipedians have been known to disagree about pretty much everything, would anything ever change, in any article, if your argument were used?
 * I know, I know. You're saying that the date style issue has been especially contentious, in and out of WP. So? You've still not proved where it says that we should keep the status quo, even when proper procedure is followed, rather than make changes re: issues which ellicit passionate debate. SamEV (talk) 20:35, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * P.S. Having just seen your last edit summary in the article, I think you need to be informed that consensus is not necessarily unanimity. SamEV (talk) 20:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * LMFAO!!! SamEV Jasonasosa (talk) 20:40, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Not that I'm an ageist or anything, but AFAIC that is such an antique word. Does it sound that way to you, too? SamEV (talk) 20:46, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, "newfangled" is about as Medieval now as it was when it was first conjured up in 1425 CE! or should I say AD? or will I get a slap on the wrist? LOL Jasonasosa (talk) 21:23, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Ooh, now you've done it. Medieval... :-) SamEV (talk) 22:08, 3 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Ah, that voice of young inexperience! Maybe if you traveled a bit more widely, you'd hear all kinds of words still in regular use that surprise your ears.  Regardless of that red herring, this issue at hand definitely provoked a site-wide maelstrom only a few short years ago, as you may have recalled if you were around then.  It would take you months to read all the archived debate, with all kinds of vociferous opinions and reasons from thousands of users, but it transpired that one thing remaining constant throughout was in every poll or vote, a very slight majority, like around 51%, were passionate for BC, and around 49% equally so for BCE.  Since it was so close overall, it was finally arbitrated that both would be acceptable, and all articles should keep the status quo with a moratorium on edit warring (except to change it back to the status quo if someone just switched it) with individual articles being allowed to opt to switch, if there was a clear consensus among contributors for a preference.   Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 01:29, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * "young inexperience"... whatever.
 * Could you provide some quotations and a few links that bear out what you've just said? Links to poll results and the arbitration decision, for example. SamEV (talk) 02:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I'll try to dig that up when I get a chance, seems to me it was '05, or '06. In the meantime, if nobody else bothers to weigh in within a couple more days, then since it's not such a weighty matter after all, I am prepared to accept the principle of Nec Hercules contra plures here, though it might well be argued that two to one is still an awfully slim margin of consensus! Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 03:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Til Eulenspiegel's vocabulary
 * "maelstrom":Maelstroms are composed of the stuff of the underworld - relics, Spectres and Tempest-stuff itself, ranging from rains of plasm to rains of soulfire [1]
 * "red herring": A swinger's club in Vegas
 * "vociferous": All we hear from Til Eulenspiegel everytime he has something to say.
 * "moratorium": What needs to be done to Til Eulenspiegel (LMAO)
 *  Nec Hercules contra plures : Til Eulenspiegel surrounding himself with imaginary friends... even in the company of real people :/
 * Jasonasosa (talk) 14:55, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * PS. "rancour" (used earlier in this discussion) I believe that was the name of the giant monster from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. :p - Jasonasosa (talk) 16:53, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Amusing, but personal attacks are never a substitute for logic. In case it went over your head, my reference to "Nec Hercules" was actually a concession that so far, you've vastly outnumbered me here (two contributors against one ;0), and so with such a massive out-pouring of disinterest from the entire body of wp editors, I don't really care enough to drag this page into an all-out mud-slinging fest over a petty issue like BC vs. E. It'd hardly be worth putting up friendly notices all over the project pages alerting them to this crucial breathtaking decision... Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 16:00, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that, Jason. ROTFL. SamEV (talk) 22:43, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Til, that is so presumptious of you to think you can make your claims, expect us to accept them, and be this dismissive about your obligation to prove them. I've dealt with you before, and I have no reason to trust your word. So please, provide verification in a reasonable amount of time (what do you think is reasonable, Jason?), or the date style will be changed. SamEV (talk) 23:37, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I have already indicated twice above that I consider the matter of BC versus BCE to be entirely petty and not worth wasting my time on. I cannot tell whether you seriously consider this to be of the utmost importance, or are simply jockeying for any opportunity to score a vain and judgemental personal attack at my expense, borne apparently of ageist malice.  I've conceded to you already twice that it doesn't really matter to me, as long as only 3 people are responding here and two of them like the E, fine, what's the big deal.  Your response above is to haughtily lecture me down your nose and connivingly ask Jason to help make the final time determination as if I do not even belong on wikipedia or deserve any voice here.  That sounds like a childish game for little girls - "everybody is invited to the tea party except you" kind of thing, I just cannot believe you are actually trying it here on wikipedia for some kind of cheap thrills. If you have nothing better to do than continuing to provoke and bait me with ageist personal attacks that only reveal your immaturity, and are against policy, I can cut to the chase now and file a complaint about it. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 00:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Til, that's over the top and not worth a point-by-point rebuttal. Nevertheless: please don't accuse me of ageism or any -ism ever again, or I'll report you.
 * Regarding the reasonable time, yes, I should have addressed you, too. But perhaps I assumed that you'd chime in with your own proposed time limit, without needing to be asked.
 * "I've conceded to you already twice that it doesn't really matter to me, as long as only 3 people are responding here and two of them like the E, fine, what's the big deal."
 * Very well. I'll restore the BCE/CE style. SamEV (talk) 00:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Til, *quote* the policy. Otherwise, quit edit warring in what is otherwise a neutral argument (one vs. one, with policy favoring neither side). I.e., if you can't quote the policy, and if it doesn't unequivocally support you, you have no business edit warring in an attempt to impose your personal preference, especially since what you're seeking to do is to change content agreed to by three editors (you included) and stable for months. SamEV (talk) 17:03, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * If you think it is still a one vs.one deadlock between us, we can try WP:3O or wherever else, but it seems certain that at least one other editor (184.9.18.7) does prefer the original and more established format of BC / AD for this article. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 17:31, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Not so fast, sir. Am I correct to deduce that since you're not quoting the policy, it doesn't support you after all? SamEV (talk) 18:11, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * "Do not change from one style to another unless there is a substantial reason for the change, and consensus for the change with other editors." Per the aforementioned policy, the dating format should not have been changed. Mannanan51 (talk) 05:00, 18 June 2011 (UTC)mannanan51

Population
150,845 (city)/32,114 (urban) in this poor village? Confused with the numbers for the district of Akçakale?--Dipa1965 (talk) 07:18, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Harran
After the collapse of the Assyrian empire, Harran fell under Median domination, it's one of the parts of the former Assyrian empire wich was taken by the Median king Cyaxare:

French links:

http://www.astrolife.fr/medes.html http://antikforever.com/Asie_Mineure/Divers/commagene.htm#Harran

English links:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/147792/Cyaxares

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:DGrji159JmcJ:www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sitchin/Adda_Guppi_Harran.htm+cyaxare+harran+assyria&cd=4&hl=fr&ct=clnk&gl=fr — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.233.218.32 (talk) 14:13, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Mistakes - Chronological disorders
This talk-page contains plenty of petty, useless arguments. The ARTICLE needs a few chronological corrections.

"It lay directly on the road from Antioch eastward to Nisibis and Ninevah. The Tigris could be followed down to the delta to Babylon." Antioch got her name in Hellenistic times. Babylon is far off the Tigris, nor is she situated in any delta. Plus Euphrates and Tigris form as little a delta, as do the Thames or the Hudson River. "According to Roman authors such as Pliny the Elder, even through the classical period..." Does not belong here, around 1800 BC. "... and the majority of people were Christian Assyrians." - No, they were not, as the text plays decades before Christ. Angel García, Nuremberg 87.158.151.69 (talk) 13:26, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

" ... the majority of people were Christian Assyrians." is what I came here to check on. Shouldn't we just delete that, since it's clearly impossible? I hesitate to just do it myself, considering all the flak above. Freeman (talk) 21:58, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

More (severe) Chronological Problems
According to wikipedia the Seleucid_Empire lasted till around 63 - 53 BCE. This makes the statement in this article, under Saleucid Period "the majority of people were Christian Assyrians" rather tenuous. If not extremely metaphysical. Unless I'm reading it wrong (apologies if so). 72.230.255.180 (talk) 02:18, 26 September 2013 (UTC)