Mari

ancient Sumerian and Amorite city
Organization archaeological_site Q244762
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Mari

Summary

Mari is an archaeological site[1]. Mari ranks in the top 2% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,803 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mari is located in Abu Kamal[3].
  • Mari is located in Deir ez-Zor Governorate[4].
  • Mari is in the country of Syria[5].
  • Mari is on the continent of Asia[6].
  • Mari's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Mari's instance of is recorded as tell[8].
  • Mari's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization[9].
  • Mari's instance of is recorded as city-state[10].
  • Mari's Commons category is recorded as Mari[11].
  • 2900 BC marks the founding of Mari[12].
  • Mari's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1933[13].
  • Mari was dissolved in January 1, 1759 BC[14].
  • Mari's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.549444444444, 'lon': 40.89}[15].
  • Mari's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mari, Syria[16].
  • Mari's Commons gallery is recorded as Mari[17].
  • Mari's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[18].
  • Mari's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[19].
  • Mari's different from is recorded as Mari[20].
  • Mari covers an area of {'unit': 'Q216795', 'amount': '+600'}[21].
  • Mari's culture is recorded as Semitic people[22].
  • Mari's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)[23].
  • Mari's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vi)[24].
  • Mari's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as André Parrot[25].
  • Mari's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Jean-Claude Margueron[26].

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Founding

2900 BC marks the founding of Mari[12].

Dissolution

Mari was dissolved in January 1, 1759 BC[14].

Why It Matters

Mari ranks in the top 2% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,803 views/month).[2] Mari has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Mari is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . clio.fr. Retrieved . clio.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7
    Continent Asia
    Coordinate location {'lat': 34.549444444444, 'lon': 40.89}
    Country
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 508246, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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