Halab

E297686
ancient city historical name settlement

Halab is the ancient name of Aleppo, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, located in present-day northern Syria.

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Label Occurrences
Halab canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical name ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aleppo ⓘ
Beroea ⓘ
Halep ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Aleppo ⓘ
surface form: Ḥalab
hasClimate semi-arid climate ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
Islamic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance important trade center on ancient routes ⓘ
one of the oldest cities in the Near East ⓘ
hasModernName Aleppo ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Citadel of Aleppo ⓘ
Great Mosque of Aleppo ⓘ
hasRegionCode SY-HL ⓘ
hasReligionHistory center of early Christianity ⓘ
important city in Islamic history ⓘ
hasRiver Quweiq River ⓘ
hasRole major urban center in northern Syria ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus Ancient City of Aleppo ⓘ
isNameOf Aleppo ⓘ
isOneOf oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
isOnTradeRoute Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
locatedIn Syria ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
partOf Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1986 ⓘ
usedInLanguage Arabic ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Aleppo Governorate ⓘ
wasRuledBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ

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Aleppo → ancientName → Halab ⓘ