Argive plain

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geographical region lowland plain

The Argive plain is a fertile lowland region in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, historically dominated by the ancient city of Argos and surrounded by major Mycenaean centers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Argive region	1
Eurotas Valley	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ lowland ⓘ plain ⓘ
associatedWith	Argive Heraion ⓘ Argive city-state ⓘ
boundedBy	Arcadian mountains ⓘ Korthion mountains ⓘ Korthion mountains ⓘ surface form: Lyrkeion mountains
country	Greece ⓘ
dominantCity	Argos ⓘ
drainedBy	Erasinos River ⓘ Inachos River ⓘ
fertility	fertile agricultural land ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSites	Classical sanctuaries ⓘ Mycenaean citadels ⓘ prehistoric settlements ⓘ
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
historicallyDominatedBy	Argos ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing	Archaic Greece ⓘ surface form: Archaic period Classical period ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ
importantIn	Aegean Bronze Age ⓘ surface form: Bronze Age Greece Classical Greece ⓘ
knownFor	dense concentration of Mycenaean sites ⓘ long-term agricultural productivity ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Argolis ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ southern Greece ⓘ
modernAdministrativeRegion	Argolis regional unit ⓘ
nearBodyOfWater	Argolic Gulf ⓘ
partOf	Argive plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Argive region ancient Argolis ⓘ
regionOf	Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of routes in northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ
surroundedBy	Midea ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Mycenae Nafplion ⓘ surface form: Nauplion Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ surface form: Tiryns
terrain	alluvial ⓘ flat ⓘ
usedFor	grain cultivation ⓘ olive cultivation ⓘ vine cultivation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Eurotas River → hasValley → Argive plain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eurotas Valley

Mycenae and Tiryns → hasView → Argive plain ⓘ

Argive plain → partOf → Argive plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Argive region