Pelusium
E44848
Pelusium was an ancient fortified port city in the eastern Nile Delta that served as a key military and commercial gateway between Egypt and the Near East.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abukir | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRemains |
basilicas
ⓘ
baths ⓘ fortifications ⓘ streets with colonnades ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| battleInvolved |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Saite Egypt ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Cambyses II
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambyses II of Persia
|
| coordinateRole | easternmost major city of the Nile Delta ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| declineFactors |
changes in coastline
ⓘ
silting of Nile branch ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| defended | eastern frontier of Egypt ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Late Period of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Late Period of ancient Egypt
Ptolemaic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| fortificationType | walled city ⓘ |
| function |
customs and trade center
ⓘ
military fortress ⓘ seaport ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commercial gateway between Egypt and the Near East
ⓘ
fortified port city ⓘ military gateway between Egypt and the Near East ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Per-Amun
ⓘ
Peremoun ⓘ Sin ⓘ Tell el-Farama ⓘ |
| laterControlledBy |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Egypt
ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Nile Delta
|
| locatedNear |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
easternmost branch of the Nile ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Roman historical texts
ⓘ
classical Greek sources ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| modernRegion | North Sinai Governorate ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Amun
ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian god Amun
|
| partOf | Egypt ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
Mediterranean trade
ⓘ
customs duties collection ⓘ grain export ⓘ |
| religiousRole | center of Christian bishopric in Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| siteOf | Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | controlled access from Sinai and the Levant into Egypt ⓘ |
| timeOfConquest | 525 BC ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abukir