Naukratis

E113377

ancient Greek city trading port

Naukratis was an important ancient Greek trading city in Egypt that served as a key commercial and cultural hub between the Greek world and the Nile region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Naukratis canonical	7
Naucratis	2
Naucratis in Egypt (participation)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ trading port ⓘ
archaeologicallyExcavatedBy	Flinders Petrie ⓘ
associatedWithCityState	Aegina ⓘ Chios ⓘ Clazomenae ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Phocaea ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Samos ⓘ Teos ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalRole	mediator of Greek art into Egypt ⓘ point of transmission of Egyptian motifs into Greek art ⓘ
declinedAfter	rise of Alexandria ⓘ
excavationBeganIn	1884 ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	6th century BCE ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod	Archaic period of Greece ⓘ
foundedAs	Greek trading emporium ⓘ
foundedBy	Psamtik I ⓘ
foundedInCentury	7th century BCE ⓘ
foundedUnderDynasty	26th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
grantedTo	Greek poleis as trading settlement ⓘ
hadSanctuaryOf	Aphrodite ⓘ Apollo ⓘ Pollux ⓘ surface form: Dioscuri Hera ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
hadStatus	Greek trading concession in Egypt ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Egyptians ⓘ Greeks ⓘ
knownFor	ceramic production ⓘ imported Greek pottery ⓘ intensive Greek-Egyptian cultural contacts ⓘ sanctuaries to Greek gods ⓘ
languageUsed	Egyptian ⓘ Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Nile Delta ⓘ
locatedOn	Canopic branch of the Nile ⓘ
mentionedBy	Herodotus ⓘ
modernCountry	Egypt ⓘ
primaryFunction	commercial hub ⓘ cultural hub ⓘ
region	Lower Egypt ⓘ
servedAs	key link between Greek world and Egypt ⓘ
tradeGoods	grain ⓘ olive oil ⓘ papyrus ⓘ silver ⓘ wine ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemaic Kingdom → majorCity → Naukratis ⓘ

Saite Dynasty → hasImportantSite → Naukratis ⓘ

Saite political renaissance → hasCulturalCenter → Naukratis ⓘ

pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty → hasImportantSite → Naukratis ⓘ

subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty → hasImportantPort → Naukratis ⓘ

subject surface form: Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt

Amasis II → builtAt → Naukratis ⓘ

Amasis II → associatedSite → Naukratis ⓘ

Athenaeus → associatedWithPlace → Naukratis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naucratis

Greek colonization movement → notableColonyFounded → Naukratis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naucratis

Samians → colonized → Naukratis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naucratis in Egypt (participation)