Editing Antioch (section)

==Geography==
Two routes from the [[Mediterranean Sea]], lying through the [[Orontes River|Orontes]] river gorge and the [[Belen Pass]], converge in the plain of the Antioch Lake, now called [[Lake Amik]], and are met there by:
#the road from the [[Amanian Gate]] (Baghche Pass) and western [[Commagene]], which descends the valley of the [[Karasu (Hatay)|Karasu]] to the [[Afrin River]];
#the roads from eastern Commagene and the Euphratean crossings at Samosata (now [[Samsat]]) and [[Apamea (Euphrates)|Apamea Zeugma]] (Birejik), which descend the valleys of the Afrin and the [[Queiq]]; and
#the road from the Euphratean ford at [[Thapsacus]], which skirts the fringe of the Syrian steppe. A single route proceeds south in the Orontes valley.{{sfn|Rockwell|1911|p=130}}
[[File:SUPPILULIUMA.jpg|thumbnail|right|King [[Suppiluliuma (Pattin)|Šuppiluliuma]] of [[Pattin]], {{circa|860 BC}} in [[Hatay Archaeology Museum]]]]
[[File:Antakya_Archaeological_Museum_7574.jpg|thumb|right|An artifact from the middle and late Bronze Age, 2000–1200 BC in [[Hatay Archaeology Museum]]]]