Palmyra

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ancient city archaeological site oasis city

Palmyra was an ancient Semitic city in present-day Syria that flourished as a wealthy caravan oasis and cultural crossroads between the Roman Empire and the civilizations of the Near East.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Palmyrenes	4
ancient city of Palmyra	4
Ancient City of Palmyra	1
City of Palmyra	1
Palmyra (probable)	1
Palmyra returned to direct Roman control	1
Palmyrene trade network	1
Tadmor	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ oasis city ⓘ
addedToUNESCOList	1980 ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Greco-Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ Near Eastern NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyrene NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Palmyrene Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
connected	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
distanceFrom	about 215 km northeast of Homs ⓘ about 240 km north of Damascus ⓘ
ethnicContext	Semitic city ⓘ
flourishedAs	caravan oasis ⓘ trade hub ⓘ
functionedAs	cultural crossroads ⓘ
hasStructure	Agora of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocletian’s Camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Colonnade NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman theatre of Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Baalshamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Bel NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetrapylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Valley of the Tombs NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	in danger ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyrene Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownAs	Tadmor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tadmur NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Homs Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorDeity	Aglibol NERFINISHED ⓘ Baalshamin NERFINISHED ⓘ Bel NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yarhibol NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyModernTown	Tadmur NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Odaenathus NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenobia NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupationPeriod	2015 ⓘ 2016 ⓘ
occupiedBy	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyRecapturedBy	Syrian government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPeriod	1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ
politicalStatus	Palmyrene Empire capital ⓘ Roman client state ⓘ Roman colony ⓘ
recognizedFor	funerary art ⓘ hybrid Greco-Roman and Eastern culture ⓘ monumental colonnaded street ⓘ tower tombs ⓘ
religion	polytheism ⓘ
suffered	destruction of monuments ⓘ
supportedBy	Russian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy	Syrian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradeGoods	ivory ⓘ precious stones ⓘ silk ⓘ spices ⓘ textiles ⓘ
tradeRoutes	Silk Road branches ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	23 ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Temple of Bel → UNESCOSite → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient City of Palmyra

Great Colonnade of Palmyra → associatedWith → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrene trade network

Odaenathus → associatedWith → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Palmyra

Septimia Zenobia → associatedWith → Palmyra ⓘ

Lucius Iulius Aurelius Septimius Vaballathus Athenodorus → associatedWithPlace → Palmyra ⓘ

Odaenathus → birthPlace → Palmyra ⓘ

Vaballathus → birthPlace → Palmyra ⓘ

Zenobia → birthPlace → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyra (probable)

Lucius Iulius Aurelius Septimius Vaballathus Athenodorus → capitalOfRealm → Palmyra ⓘ

Septimia Zenobia → capitalOfRealm → Palmyra ⓘ

Zenobia → capitalOfRealm → Palmyra ⓘ

Battle of Emesa → combatant → Palmyra ⓘ

Battle of Immae → combatant → Palmyra ⓘ

Valley of the Tombs → culturalAffiliation → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrenes

Roman–Palmyrene War → hasParticipant → Palmyra ⓘ

Great Colonnade of Palmyra → locatedIn → Palmyra ⓘ

Temple of Bel → locatedIn → Palmyra ⓘ

Valley of the Tombs → locatedIn → Palmyra ⓘ

Palmyrene mountain range → locatedNear → Palmyra ⓘ

Valley of the Tombs → locatedNear → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Palmyra

Roman theatre of Palmyra → location → Palmyra ⓘ

Siege of Palmyra (272) → location → Palmyra ⓘ

Vaballathus → lostCapital → Palmyra ⓘ

Atargatis → majorCultCenter → Palmyra ⓘ

Palmyra, New York → namedAfter → Palmyra ⓘ

Palmyrene mountain range → nearbyAncientCity → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tadmor

Palmyrene mountain range → nearbyAncientCity → Palmyra ⓘ

Silk Road cultural sphere → notableCenter → Palmyra ⓘ

Great Colonnade of Palmyra → partOf → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Palmyra

Roman theatre of Palmyra → partOf → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Palmyra

Temple of Bel → partOf → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient city of Palmyra

Septimia Zenobia → reignedOver → Palmyra ⓘ

Siege of Palmyra (272) → territorialChange → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyra returned to direct Roman control

Palmyrene Aramaic → usedBy → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrenes

Palmyrene alphabet → usedBy → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrenes

Palmyrene Aramaic → usedIn → Palmyra ⓘ

Palmyrene alphabet → usedIn → Palmyra ⓘ

Allat → veneratedBy → Palmyra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrenes

Allat → worshipRegion → Palmyra ⓘ