Paphos kingdom

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The Paphos kingdom was an ancient Cypriot Greek city-kingdom centered on Paphos, known for its role in regional trade and its famous sanctuary of Aphrodite.

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instanceOf Greek city-state
ancient Cypriot kingdom
ancient city-kingdom
associatedDeity Aphrodite of Paphos NERFINISHED
associatedWithMyth birth of Aphrodite near Paphos
centeredOn Paphos NERFINISHED
cultCenter Paphos sanctuary of Aphrodite NERFINISHED
culturalSphere Hellenic world
economyBasedOn regional trade
engagedIn Mediterranean trade
maritime trade
engagedWith Aegean polities
Near Eastern polities
ethnicCharacter Greek
eventuallyIntegratedInto Hellenistic Cyprus NERFINISHED
Roman Cyprus NERFINISHED
famousFor sanctuary of Aphrodite at Paphos NERFINISHED
flourishedInCentury 1st millennium BCE
flourishedInPeriod Iron Age Cyprus
governedBy local kings
hadPort Paphos harbor NERFINISHED
hadTitleForRuler basileus
hasArchaeologicalSite New Paphos (Nea Paphos) NERFINISHED
Old Paphos (Palaepaphos) NERFINISHED
hasCapital Paphos NERFINISHED
hasHeritageStatusRelatedSite Paphos UNESCO World Heritage archaeological area NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfSite sanctuary complex
knownFor important religious pilgrimages
regional commercial activity
locatedIn Cyprus NERFINISHED
western Cyprus
mainCultSiteLocation Palaepaphos (Kouklia area) NERFINISHED
majorCult Aphrodite NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Cypriot city-kingdoms
politicalStructure monarchy
region eastern Mediterranean
religion ancient Greek religion
strategicRole maritime hub between Aegean and Levant
subsequentlyRuledBy Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED
Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED
Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED
tradeGoods agricultural products
copper
crafts and luxury items
usedLanguage Greek language
usedScript Cypriot syllabary NERFINISHED

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Arcadocypriot Greek hasNotableSite Paphos kingdom