Harran

Harran, also known as Carrhae, was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is in the modern village of Harran, Turkey, 44 kilometers southeast of Şanlıurfa. The location is in the Harran district of Şanlıurfa Province.

The archaeological remains are in the ancient Harran, a major commercial, cultural, science and religious center first inhabited in the Chalcolithic Age. The city was called Hellenopolis in the Early Christian period. In Movses Khorenatsi's and Mikayel Chamchian's History of Armenia, it is mentioned as being under the authority of prince Sanadroug, whose sovereign was Helena, queen of Adiabene, which was a Syriac Aramean state of Upper Mesopotamia.