...Population: about 57,000 (1973). In recent years, alabaster statuettes of women from the 6th millennium BC and painted pottery from the 5th millennium BC have been discovered at the ruins of Tell al-Sawwan, located in the southeastern suburbs of the city. During the Abbasid period, the 8th caliph, Mu'tasim al-Mu'taṣim (reigned 833-842), moved the government here from Baghdad, and it flourished as the capital for about 50 years (836-892). From Mesopotamia...In the 6th millennium BC, more advanced village cultures were seen in Halaf (Halaf culture) in eastern Syria and Hassuna (Hassuna culture) in northern Iraq. A little later, the Samarran culture was established at Chogha Mami in the Zagros hills and Tell al-Sawwān near Samarra. The former was in an area with the marginal rainfall for rain-fed agriculture, while the latter was completely impossible. *Some of the terminology that refers to "Tell al-Sawwān" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…人口約5万7000(1973)。その南東方の郊外にあるテル・アッサッワーンTell al‐Sawwānの遺跡から近年,前6千年紀のアラバスター製女性小像や前5千年紀の彩文土器が発見されている。アッバース朝時代に第8代カリフ,ムータシムal‐Mu‘taṣim(在位833‐842)によってバグダードからここに政庁が移され,約50年間(836‐892)首都として栄えた。… 【メソポタミア】より…前6千年紀には東シリアのハラフ(ハラフ文化),北イラクのハッスナ(ハッスナ文化)などで,より進んだ村落文化がみられる。わずかに遅れてザーグロスの丘陵のチョガ・マミ,サーマッラー近くのテル・アッサッワーンTell al‐Sawwānなどにサーマッラー文化が成立した。前者は天水農耕成立のための限界降雨量の地域にあり,また後者では天水農耕はまったく不可能であった。… ※「Tell al-Sawwān」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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