Birtha

Birtha

Birtha (a. Geogr.), 1) Stadt in Mesopotamien am Euphrat, jetzt Bir od. Biradschik; 2) Stadt in Mesopotamien am Tigris, jetzt Tecrit.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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