Axius
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Axius is the ancient name of the Orontes River, a historically significant waterway in the Near East that flows through modern-day Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Axius canonical | 1 |
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river ⓘ |
| alternateName | Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
agriculture in river valleys of the Levant
ⓘ
ancient trade routes ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Mediterranean Sea via the Orontes River mouth ⓘ |
| countryTraversed |
Lebanon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Lebanon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | supported ancient settlements along its banks ⓘ |
| hasHydrologicalFunction | drainage of parts of Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Orontes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important waterway in the ancient Near East ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient Near Eastern historical geography ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Orontes River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceLocatedIn | Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInHistoricalContextBy | ancient civilizations of the Levant ⓘ |
| watercourseType | perennial river ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.