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Kemah (Zazaki:''Kemax'', (アルメニア語:Անի-Կամախ) ''Ani-Kamakh''), known historically as Gamakh, Kamacha or Kamachon ((ギリシア語:Κάμαχα, Κάμαχον)) is a town and district of Erzincan Province in the Western Armenia Region, Western Armenia region of Greater Armenia. Kemah is a town with a present population of 2141 (2010 est.). The town is located almost somewhere in the centre of the Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Republic of Turkey. The necropolis of the Armenian Arsacid dynasty was located in Kemah including the tomb of Tiridates III, who was instrumental in the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity. During the early Middle Ages, Kemah was a strategically important border fortress in the border wars between the Byzantines and the Ummayads and Abbasids. It first fell to the Muslims in 679 and changed hands frequently until the mid-9th century (cf. Siege of Kamacha (766)), when Byzantine control was consolidated. According to Constantine VII, in the late 9th century Kemah formed a ''tourma'' in the ''thema'' of Koloneia. Under Emperor Leo VI the Wise, Kemah was joined together with the district of Keltzene to form the new ''thema'' of Mesopotamia. Little is known of the site thereafter, except that it was the seat of a bishopric named "Armenia". The Byzantines lost control of the area following the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. Kemah was the scene of horrible massacres during the Armenian genocide. In one instance, 25,000 Armenians were killed in one day by throwing the victims off a steep gorge and into the Euphrates river. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kemah, Erzincan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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