"Osroene"@en . "Osroene, also spelled Osrohene and Osrhoene (Ancient Greek: \u1F48\u03C3\u03C1\u03BF\u03B7\u03BD\u03AE; Classical Syriac: \u0721\u0720\u071F\u0718\u072C\u0710 \u0715\u0712\u071D\u072C \u0710\u0718\u072A\u0717\u071D Malk\u016B\u1E6F\u0101 d-Bayt \u02BF\u014Crhai) and sometimes known by the name of its capital city, Edessa (modern \u015Eanl\u0131urfa, Turkey), was a historical kingdom located in Upper Mesopotamia, which enjoyed semi-autonomy to complete independence from the years of 132 BC to AD 244.It was a Syriac-speaking kingdom.Osroene, or Edessa, acquired independence from the collapsing Seleucid Empire through a dynasty of the nomadic Nabatean tribe called Orrhoei from 136 BC. "@en . "0244Z"^^ . . . "-132Z"^^ . . "Kingdom of Osroene"@en .