Halicarnassus

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Halicarnassus was an ancient Greek city in Caria, Asia Minor, famed as the birthplace of the historian Herodotus and the site of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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Label Occurrences
Halicarnassus canonical 15
Halikarnassos 3
Ἁλικαρνασσός 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
ancient city
archaeologicalSiteAt Bodrum
surface form: Bodrum, Turkey
associatedWith Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
capitalOf Caria
conqueredBy Alexander the Great
Macedonian army
conqueredInYear 334 BC
famousFor Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
surface form: Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

being birthplace of Herodotus
flourishedInPeriod Classical period
Hellenistic period
foundedBy Dorians
surface form: Dorian Greeks
hasCulture Carian culture
surface form: Carian

Greek
hasLanguage Greek
hasNotableResident Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia II of Caria
Herodotus
hasStructure acropolis
city walls
harbor
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
surface form: palace of Mausolus
hasWonder Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
surface form: Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
hasWorkLocatedHere Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
surface form: Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
knownAs Alikarnassos
Halicarnassus
surface form: Halikarnassos

Halicarnassus
surface form: Ἁλικαρνασσός
laterControlledBy Byzantine Empire
Romans
locatedIn Asia Minor
Caria
locatedInPresentDay Bodrum
Muğla Province
Turkey
memberOf Dorian Hexapolis
partOf Achaemenid Empire
Caria
surface form: Caria satrapy

Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic world
regionType coastal city
religionPracticed ancient Greek religion
servedAs capital of Caria
situatedOn Aegean Sea
southwestern coast of Asia Minor
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire
Artemisia II of Caria
Hecatomnid dynasty
Mausolus

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Herodotus birthPlace Halicarnassus
Caria hasCapital Halicarnassus
Caria hasMajorCity Halicarnassus
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus locatedIn Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus birthPlace Halicarnassus
Anatolian coast includesAncientCity Halicarnassus
Salmacis associatedPlace Halicarnassus
Halicarnassus knownAs Halicarnassus
this entity surface form: Ἁλικαρνασσός
Halicarnassus knownAs Halicarnassus
this entity surface form: Halikarnassos
Carian culture hasCenter Halicarnassus
Carians capitalRegion Halicarnassus
Hecatomnid dynasty capital Halicarnassus
Hecatomnid dynasty seatOfPower Halicarnassus
Artemisia I of Caria placeOfRule Halicarnassus
Siege of Halicarnassus location Halicarnassus
Dorian Hexapolis memberCity Halicarnassus
this entity surface form: Halikarnassos
Bodrum historicalName Halicarnassus
Bodrum historicalName Halicarnassus
this entity surface form: Halikarnassos