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The city of Samaria gave its name to the mountains of Samaria, the central region of the Land of Israel, surrounding the city of Shechem. This usage probably began after the city became Omri's capital, but is first documented only after its conquest by Sargon II of Assyria, who turned the kingdom into the province of Samerina. [11]
Sep 11, 2020 · The city was annexed by Pompey the Great, a leading Roman general and statesman, and later re-named Sebaste in honor of Emperor Augustus. Samaria became associated with John the Baptist whom many Christians and Muslims believe is buried in the former city.
- Ed Whelan
Samarra has the best preserved plan of an ancient large city, being abandoned relatively early and so avoiding the constant rebuilding of longer lasting cities. Samarra was the second capital of the Abbasid Caliphate after Baghdad.
The city expanded under Muʿtasim’s successors. The caliph al-Mutawakkil constructed a new congregational mosque and a large palace complex, called Balkuwara, for his son al-Muʿtazz. He then founded an entirely new imperial city called Mutawakkiliyya immediately to the north of Samarra.
Samara, city and administrative center, west-central Samara oblast (region), western Russia. It lies along the Volga River at the latter’s confluence with the Samara River. Founded in 1586 as a fortress protecting the Volga trade route, it soon became a major focus of trade and later was made a regional seat.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The official history of Samara begins from 1586, with the construction of “Samara township” fortress on the Volga. An order to construct an outpost on the Russia’s southern borders was issued by Tsar Feodor I the Blessed.
The city of Sur-marrati—re-founded by the Assyrian King Sennacherib in 690 B.C.E. according to a stele currently in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore—is identified with a fortified Assyrian site at al-Huwaysh, on the Tigris opposite modern Samarra.
