Propontis area

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geographical region historical region

The Propontis area refers to the region surrounding the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Asia Minor, strategically located between the Aegean and Black Seas.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Propontis 2
Propontis region 2
Propontis area canonical 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine trade routes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek colonization ⓘ
borders Sea of Marmara NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate Mediterranean-influenced climate ⓘ
coastlineOn Sea of Marmara NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains coastal settlements around Sea of Marmara ⓘ
economicImportance trade and shipping ⓘ
functionedAs maritime crossroads between Mediterranean and Black Sea ⓘ
historicalEra Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Byzantines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottomans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Phrygians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thracians NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownInAntiquityAs Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedBetween Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernEquivalentRegion region around the Sea of Marmara in Turkey ⓘ
near Bosphorus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellespont NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance control of maritime routes between Aegean Sea and Black Sea ⓘ
control of straits (Hellespont and Bosphorus) ⓘ
surrounds Sea of Marmara NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy Greek geographers ⓘ
Roman geographers ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Nicomedes I of Bithynia → regionRuled → Propontis area ⓘ
Propontis Tsakonian → spokenIn → Propontis area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Propontis region
Pharnabazus II → regionOfInfluence → Propontis area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Propontis
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → borders → Propontis area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Propontis
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Propontis area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Propontis region