Chandax

E345675
historical city name medieval city

Chandax is the medieval name of the city now known as Heraklion, a major port and historical center on the island of Crete.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chandax canonical 4

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical city name ⓘ
medieval city ⓘ
associatedWith Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine–Arab conflicts

Cretan maritime trade ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo word for moat or ditch ⓘ
followedBy Candia ⓘ
Heraklion ⓘ
hasHistoricalPhase Arab rule ⓘ
Byzantine rule ⓘ
Venetian rule ⓘ
hasRole administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
major port ⓘ
historicalNameOf Heraklion ⓘ
historicalRegion Byzantine Crete ⓘ
Emirate of Crete ⓘ
knownFor fortifications ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Sea region
locatedOnIsland Crete ⓘ
modernName Heraklion ⓘ
Heraklion ⓘ
surface form: Iraklion
partOf Crete ⓘ
surface form: island of Crete
portCityOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
predecessorOf Heraklion ⓘ
presentDayLocation Heraklion ⓘ
surface form: Heraklion, Crete, Greece
strategicImportance control of sea routes in eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
timeDepth medieval period ⓘ
urbanContinuityWith Heraklion ⓘ
usedBy Arabs ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Byzantines

Venetians ⓘ
usedDuringPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Crete (Byzantine theme) ⓘ
Emirate of Crete ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Heraklion → historicalName → Chandax ⓘ
reconquest of Crete (960–961) → capitalCaptured → Chandax ⓘ
reconquest of Crete (960–961) → siegeOf → Chandax ⓘ
Candia → namedAfter → Chandax ⓘ