Naarmalcha (Grecized form of the
Aramaic
Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...
''Nahar Malkā'', meaning the King's Canal or the Royal Canal; in ''Nahr al-Malik'') was a river or canal in central Babylonia that linked
Euphrates
The Euphrates ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (). Originati ...
and
Tigris
The Tigris ( ; see #Etymology, below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of the Armenian Highlands through the Syrian Desert, Syrian and Arabia ...
rivers. It corresponds to the older Royal River (
Akkadian: ''nār šarri''; ''Naarsárēs''; ) in the
Assyriological sources.
[Kessler, Karlheinz (Emskirchen), “Naarmalcha”, in: Brill's New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 11 February 2020 ]
See also
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Nehardea
Nehardea or Nehardeah ( "river of knowledge") was a city from the area called by ancient Jewish sources Babylonia, situated at or near the junction of the Euphrates with the Nahr Malka (the Royal Canal), one of the earliest and most prominent ce ...
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Julian's Persian War
References
Irrigation canals
Euphrates
Tigris River
Ancient Mesopotamia
Sasanian Empire
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