King’s Highway

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ancient military road ancient trade route historical road

King’s Highway was an ancient Near Eastern trade and military route running north–south through the Transjordan, linking regions such as Egypt, the Red Sea, and Damascus.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
King's Highway 2

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient military road ⓘ
ancient trade route ⓘ
historical road ⓘ
connectedTo Arabian trade routes ⓘ
Syrian trade routes ⓘ
connects Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Red Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
direction north–south ⓘ
economicRole enabled movement of luxury goods and raw materials ⓘ
facilitated long-distance trade between Arabia and the Levant ⓘ
followsRegion Transjordanian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
partOf ancient Near Eastern trade network ⓘ
passesNear Dead Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Ammon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ
routeType overland caravan route ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled access between Arabia and Syria ⓘ
served as a key military corridor in the Transjordan ⓘ
usedFor caravan traffic ⓘ
military movements ⓘ
trade ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Edom → controlledRoute → King’s Highway ⓘ
ancient trade route Via Maris → parallelTo → King’s Highway ⓘ
subject surface form: Via Maris
this entity surface form: King's Highway
Karak → locatedOn → King’s Highway ⓘ
Wadi Musa → connectedTo → King’s Highway ⓘ
this entity surface form: King's Highway