Prokonnesos

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ancient Greek toponym island settlement in classical antiquity

Prokonnesos is the ancient Greek name for Marmara Island, a historically significant island in the Sea of Marmara known for its marble quarries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Proconnesus	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek toponym ⓘ island ⓘ settlement in classical antiquity ⓘ
ancientNameOf	Marmara Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
economicActivity	marble export ⓘ stone quarrying ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo	Proconnesian marble NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Proconnesos NERFINISHED ⓘ Proconnesus NERFINISHED ⓘ Prokonnesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMaterial	Proconnesian marble NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResource	marble ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Byzantine period ⓘ Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
knownFor	export of building stone in antiquity ⓘ high‑quality white marble ⓘ marble quarries ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor vicinity ⓘ Marmara Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Marmara NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	ancient geographical literature ⓘ
modernName	Marmara Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf	Marmara Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ historical region of Mysia ⓘ
region	Propontis NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of routes between Aegean Sea and Black Sea ⓘ
usedBy	Ancient Greek geographers ⓘ Roman authors ⓘ

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

Marmara Island → hasAlternativeName → Prokonnesos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proconnesus