Tanais
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Tanais is the ancient name for the Don River, a major waterway in southwestern Russia that flows into the Sea of Azov and historically marked part of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient river name
ⓘ
historical geographic entity ⓘ |
| ancientNameOf | Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Pliny the Elder’s Natural History
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemy’s Geography NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo’s Geographica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pontic steppe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarmatia NERFINISHED ⓘ Scythia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateWith | Sea of Azov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Sea of Azov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | likely of Scythian or Iranian origin ⓘ |
| hasMouthNear | Sea of Azov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | marker between European and Asian parts of the oikoumene ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | obsolete name in modern geography ⓘ |
| hydrologicalSystem | Don River system ⓘ |
| knownByCulture |
Ancient Greeks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ancient Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern Russia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Roman geographic literature
ⓘ
ancient Greek sources ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Don River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo | Don River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | trade routes between Black Sea and interior Eurasia ⓘ |
| relatedToponym | Tanais (ancient city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | frontier of the known world in antiquity ⓘ |
| usedAs |
boundary between Europe and Asia
ⓘ
boundary in classical geography ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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