Sivas
E154408
Sivas is a historic city in central Turkey that served as an important political, commercial, and cultural center in Anatolia, especially during the Seljuk and Ottoman periods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sivas canonical | 11 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | city ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Central district of Sivas Province ⓘ |
| climate | continental climate ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| demographics | predominantly Turkish population ⓘ |
| elevation | about 1285 meters ⓘ |
| event | Sivas Congress of 1919 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Cabira
ⓘ
Megalopolis ⓘ Sebaste ⓘ
surface form:
Sebastea
Sebaste ⓘ
surface form:
Sebastia
|
| governedBy |
Mongol Ilkhanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilkhanids
Ottoman Empire ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Turkey
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Gök Medrese
ⓘ
surface form:
Buruciye Medrese
Gök Medrese ⓘ Sivas Congress Building ⓘ Sivas Grand Mosque ⓘ Çifte Minareli Medrese ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Sivas Cumhuriyet University ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine period
Ottoman period ⓘ Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Roman period
Seljuk Rum period ⓘ
surface form:
Seljuk period
|
| historicalRegion | Anatolia ⓘ |
| isCapitalOf | Sivas Province ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ottoman architecture
ⓘ
Seljuk architecture ⓘ caravanserais ⓘ madrasas ⓘ thermal springs ⓘ |
| language | Turkish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Anatolia Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Anatolia
Sivas Province ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Kızılırmak basin ⓘ |
| population | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| regionSpecialty |
Sivas kangal dog
ⓘ
Sivas köfte ⓘ |
| religionHistory |
important center of early Christianity
ⓘ
seat of a bishopric in late antiquity ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | center of Turkish National Movement in 1919 ⓘ |
| timeZone | TRT (UTC+3) ⓘ |
| transport |
Sivas Nuri Demirağ Airport
ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ |
| wasImportantAs |
commercial center in Anatolia
ⓘ
cultural center in Anatolia ⓘ political center in Anatolia ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.