Aram (region)

Aram is the name of a region mentioned in the Bible located in central Syria , including where the city of Aleppo (aka Halab) now stands.

The Levant c. 830 BCE Aram is a region mentioned in the Bible located in present-day central Syria , including where the city of Aleppo (a.k.a. Aram stretched from the Lebanon mountains eastward across the Euphrates , including the Khabur River valley in northwestern Mesopotamia on the border of Assyria .

Aram also known as Aramea is the homeland of the Arameans and a region mentioned in the Bible located in present-day Syria , including where the city of Aleppo now stands. At its height, Aram stretched from the Mount Lebanon range eastward across the Euphrates , including parts of the Khabur River valley in northwestern Mesopotamia on the border of Iraq . The region was known as The Land of the Amurru during the Akkadian Empire (2335–2154 BC), Neo-Sumerian Empire (2112–2004 BC) and Old Assyrian Empire (2025–1750 BC) in reference to its largely Amorite inhabitants. During the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC), Neo-Babylonian Empire (612–539 BC) and Achaemenid Empire (539–332 BC), Aram was known as Eber-Nari .

The Levant c. 830 BCE Historical region in the Levant mentioned in the Bible Aram ( ; ) was a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible , populated by Arameans . The area did not develop into a larger empire but consisted of a number of small states in present-day Syria and northern Israel . Some of the states are mentioned in the Old Testament , Damascus being the most outstanding one, which came to encompass most of Syria. Furthermore, Aram-Damascus is commonly referred to as simply Aram in the Old Testament. After the final conquest by the rising Neo-Assyrian Empire in the second half of the 8th century and also during the later consecutive rules of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (612–539 BCE) and the Achaemenid Empire (539–332 BCE), the region of Aram lost most of its sovereignty. During the Seleucid period (312-64 BCE), the term Syria was introduced as Hellenistic designation for this region. By the beginning of the 5th century, that practice also started to affect terminology of Aramean ecclesiastical and literary elites, and Syrian labels started to gain frequency and acceptance not only in Aramean translations of Greek works, but also in original works of Aramean writers. Aramaic eventually replaced Akkadian as the lingua franca of the entire region and became the administrative and commercial language of several empires such as the Achaemenid Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire . Early on, the Christian Bible was translated into Aramaic , and by the 4th century the local Aramaic dialect of Edessa (Urhay) developed into a literary language , known as Edessan Aramaic ( Urhaya ).

The Levant c. 830 BCE Historical region in the Levant mentioned in the Bible Aram ( Imperial Aramaic : 𐡀𐡓𐡌 , romanized: ʾĀrām ; Hebrew : אֲרָם , romanized : ʾĂrām ; Syriac : ܐܪܡ ) was a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible . The area did not develop into a larger empire but consisted of several small states in present-day Syria . Some of the states are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible , Aram-Damascus being the most outstanding one, which came to encompass most of Syria. In the Bible, Aram-Damascus is simply commonly referred to as Aram. After the final conquest by the rising Neo-Assyrian Empire in the second half of the 8th century and also during the later consecutive rules of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (612–539 BCE) and the Achaemenid Empire (539–332 BCE), the region of Aram lost most of its sovereignty. During the Seleucid period (312-64 BCE), the term Syria was introduced as Hellenistic designation for this region. By the beginning of the 5th century, that practice also started to affect terminology of Aramean ecclesiastical and literary elites, and Syrian labels started to gain frequency and acceptance not only in Aramean translations of Greek works, but also in original works of Aramean writers. Aramaic eventually replaced Akkadian as the lingua franca of the entire region and became the administrative and commercial language of several empires such as the Achaemenid Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire . Early on, the Christian Bible was translated into Aramaic , and by the 4th century the local Aramaic dialect of Edessa ( Urhay ) developed into a literary language , known as Edessan Aramaic ( Urhaya ) or more commonly as Syriac .