TY - JOUR ID - TI - Names of Cities and Geographical Sites Similar in Pronunciation and Different in Position in the Cuneiform Texts أسماء المدن والمواقع الجغرافية المتشابهة لفظاً والمختلفة موقعاً في النصوص المسمارية AU - Amir Abdullah Al-Jumaili عامر عبد الله الجميلي PY - 2009 VL - 39 IS - 54 SP - 531 EP - 568 JO - Adab AL Rafidayn اداب الرافدين SN - 03782867 26642506 AB - Study the names of cities is of a great importance for those researchers specializing in the field of historical geography. This importance is clear through its role in detaining the geographical theatre of many historical facts and events as well as determing the correct and true course of the caravans stations, campaigns and travels across historical periods. This research considers and deals with significant phenomenon in this filed that is the similarity of names of cities included in the cuneiform texts with the difference of their geographical sites in the near east, because many of the researchers are in a case of an illusion and mixture to assign the site of the considered city because they do not realize that the names of cities are same names like those of people know that can be given to more than one. Here, the researcher has to take the responsibility of determing the site of the considered city in the study.

تحظى دراسة المدن بأهمیة قصوى لدى اوساط الباحثین المعنیین بالجغرافیة التاریخیة، وتتأتى هذه الاهمیة من دورها فی تحدید المسرح الجغرافی للعدید من الوقائع والحوادث التاریخیة، فضلا عن رسم وتحدید المسار الصحیح والمنطقی لمحطات القوافل والحملات والرحلات عبر العصور التاریخیة ER -