Arvad

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Arvad is an ancient Mediterranean island city, historically known as Arwad, located off the coast of present-day Syria.

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Arvad canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
island city
alsoKnownAs Arados
Arwad
continent Asia
country Syria
culture Phoenician civilization
describedAs fortified island city
maritime city
ethnicGroup Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicians
hasEconomicActivity fishing
seafaring
shipbuilding
trade
hasFeature city walls
harbor
port facilities
hasLanguage Aramaic
Greek
Phoenician language
historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Classical antiquity
Iron Age
laterRuledBy Achaemenid Empire
Assyria
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Old Babylonian Empire
surface form: Babylonian Empire

Byzantine Empire
Hellenistic kingdoms
Islamic Caliphates
Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean
Levant region
surface form: Levant
locatedInBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea
locatedNear Tartus
locatedOffCoastOf Syria
mentionedIn Ezekiel 27
Ezekiel 27:11
Ezekiel 27:8
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
partOf Phoenician civilization
surface form: Phoenicia
presentDayName Arwad
surface form: Arwad Island
presentDaySettlementType town
religion Canaanite religion
Phoenician religion
ruledBy Phoenician kings
sovereignDuring Phoenician city-states period
strategicImportance maritime trade hub
naval base

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Arwad knownAs Arvad