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Adiabene

164 BC – 379
KingdomAsia

Vassal kingdom in northern Mesopotamia occupying the Assyrian heartland between the Zab rivers, notable for its royal family's conversion to Judaism in the 1st century CE.

After the last king Ardashir II (~c. 379 CE), the kingdom was transformed into a Sasanian province governed by a non-royal marzban.

Borders in 242 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Adiabene — the shape you scrub through changes in 164 BC · 150 · 225 · 242.

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