<P> Some historians have correlated a connection between Corduene with the modern names of Kurds and Kurdistan; T.A. Sinclair dismissed this identification as false, while a common association is asserted in the Columbia Encyclopedia . </P> <P> Some of the ancient districts of Kurdistan and their corresponding modern names: </P> <Ol> <Li> Corduene or Gordyene (Siirt, Bitlis and Şırnak) </Li> <Li> Sophene (Diyarbakır) </Li> <Li> Zabdicene or Bezabde (Gozarto d'Qardu or Jazirat Ibn or Cizre) </Li> <Li> Basenia (Bayazid) </Li> <Li> Moxoene (Muş) </Li> <Li> Nephercerta (Miyafarkin) </Li> <Li> Artemita (Van) </Li> </Ol> <Li> Corduene or Gordyene (Siirt, Bitlis and Şırnak) </Li>

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