ancient city of Zeugma
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The ancient city of Zeugma was a prosperous Hellenistic and Roman settlement on the Euphrates River in modern-day Turkey, renowned for its richly decorated mosaics and strategic position on a major trade route.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic settlement
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Roman settlement ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| approximatePeakPopulation | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| artifactsDisplayedAt | Zeugma Mosaic Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Turkish archaeologists ⓘ |
| excavatedFrom | late 20th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Seleucus I Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingCulture | Hellenistic Greek ⓘ |
| function |
customs station
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military crossing point ⓘ trading center ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | approximately 37.06 N ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | approximately 37.87 E ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Roman houses
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Zeugma mosaics NERFINISHED ⓘ baths ⓘ bridgehead on the Euphrates ⓘ fortifications ⓘ streets with colonnades ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological excavations
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mosaics ⓘ richly decorated Roman villas ⓘ strategic position on trade routes ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gaziantep Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southeastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Nizip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute | east–west trade route between Anatolia and Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| museumLocation | Gaziantep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | bridge ⓘ |
| partiallySubmerged | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionPracticed | Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | Birecik Dam reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hellenistic period
NERFINISHED
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Late Antiquity ⓘ Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
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