Boeotian plain
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The Boeotian plain is a fertile agricultural region in central Greece, historically significant as the heartland of ancient Boeotia and the setting for several important Greek cities and battles.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Attica–Boeotia border | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
plain ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Euboean Gulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| countryCapitalNearestMajorCity | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ |
| eraOfSignificance |
Classical Greece
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Chaeronea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leuctra NERFINISHED ⓘ Orchomenus NERFINISHED ⓘ Plataea NERFINISHED ⓘ Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance | control of routes between northern and southern Greece ⓘ |
| heartlandOf | ancient Boeotia ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOf | ancient Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural productivity
ⓘ
fertile soil ⓘ historical significance in ancient Greece ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken | Boeotian Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boeotia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
ancient Greek historiography
ⓘ
works of Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ works of Pausanias ⓘ works of Thucydides ⓘ |
| modernAdministrativeRegion | Regional Unit of Boeotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Lake Copais (former)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Cithaeron NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Helicon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greek mainland ⓘ |
| politicalEntityHistoricallyAssociated | Boeotian League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteOf |
Battle of Chaeronea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Leuctra NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Plataea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Asopus River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cephissus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
grain cultivation
ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ vine cultivation ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.