Ancient Mediterranean world
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The Ancient Mediterranean world refers to the interconnected civilizations and cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity, including regions such as Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East.
Aliases (8)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civilizational complex
→
cultural region → historical region → |
| centeredOn |
Mediterranean Sea
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| characterizedBy |
colonization
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interconnected economies → long-distance trade routes → naval warfare → |
| hasPart |
Anatolia
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Ancient Egypt → Ancient Greece → Ancient Levant → Ancient Rome → Carthaginian civilization → Crete → Cyprus → Etruscan civilization → Hellenistic kingdoms → Hittite Empire → Iberian cultures → Illyrian tribes → Levantine coast → Mesopotamia → Minoan civilization → Mycenaean Greece → North Africa → Nubia → Persian Empire → Phoenicia → Ptolemaic Kingdom → Sicily → |
| influenced |
European legal traditions
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Islamic civilization → Mediterranean languages → Western civilization → |
| knownFor |
codified law
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cultural exchange → development of writing systems → early empires → early monotheism → maritime trade networks → monumental architecture → philosophy → polytheistic religions → urbanization → |
| locatedIn |
Mediterranean Basin
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|
| timePeriod |
Bronze Age
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Classical antiquity → Hellenistic period → Iron Age → Roman period → |
Referenced by (31)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Achaemenid Empire
("Classical antiquity")
→
Babylon ("ancient Near East") → Berytus ("Greco-Roman world") → Canaan ("Ancient Near East") → Hittite Empire ("Ancient Near East") → Luwian polities ("Ancient Near East") → |
partOf |
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Battle of Zama
("Classical antiquity")
→
Kerch ("Classical antiquity") → Sidon ("Classical antiquity") → |
historicalEra |
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Aristocles
("Classical antiquity")
→
Aristotelian physics ("Antiquity") → Rhodes ("Classical antiquity") → |
historicalPeriod |
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Magna Graecia
("Classical antiquity")
→
Roman Forum ("Classical antiquity") → |
era |
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Florentine school
("Classical antiquity")
→
Nicolas Poussin ("Antiquity") → |
influencedBy |
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Bronze Age
("Ancient Near East")
→
Iron Age ("ancient Near East") → |
occursIn |
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Northwest Semitic
("Classical Antiquity")
→
Theokoleon ("Classical antiquity") → |
timePeriod |
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Justinianic Plague
("Mediterranean world")
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affectedEntity |
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Ancient Near East collection
("Ancient Near East")
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collectionType |
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Lydia
("Greco-Roman world")
→
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culturalContext |
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Ancient Near East collection
("Ancient Near East")
→
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focusesOnRegion |
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Late Antiquity
("Classical Antiquity")
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follows |
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Claudius
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hasUsageRegion |
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Aramaic alphabet
("Ancient Near East")
→
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originPlace |
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Iron Age
("Classical Antiquity")
→
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precedes |
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Northwest Semitic
("Ancient Near East")
→
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spokenIn |
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Tyre
("Classical antiquity")
→
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timePeriodOfFlourishing |
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Asia Minor
("Near Eastern civilizations")
→
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wasCrossroadsOf |