Thrace

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geographical region historical region

Thrace is a historical and geographical region in Southeast Europe, now divided among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, known for its strategic location between the Balkans and the Aegean and Black Seas.

Aliases (15)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → historical region →
ancientPeople	Thracians →
borderedBy	Aegean Sea → Black Sea →
capitalUnderRomans	Perinthus → Philippopolis →
climate	continental climate → transitional Mediterranean climate →
conqueredBy	Macedonian Empire → Persian Empire → Roman Empire →
continent	Europe →
crossedBy	Evros River → Maritsa River → Tundzha River →
hasMountainRange	Rhodope Mountains → Strandzha Mountains →
hasPart	Eastern Thrace → Northern Thrace → Western Thrace →
historicallyInhabitedBy	Thracians →
historicalRegionOf	ancient Greece →
knownFor	position between Balkans and Aegean Sea → position between Balkans and Black Sea → strategic location between Europe and Asia →
laterKnownAs	Constantinople → Istanbul →
locatedIn	Bulgaria → Greece → Southeast Europe → Turkey →
majorCity	Adrianople → Byzantium → Philippopolis →
mentionedIn	Herodotus → Homeric epics →
modernCountrySubdivision	Thrace region of Bulgaria → Thrace region of Greece → Thrace region of Turkey →
modernName	Edirne →
partiallyIn	Bulgaria → Greece → Turkey →
partOf	Balkans → Byzantine Empire → Ottoman Empire → Roman Empire →
religiousCult	Dionysus worship → Orphic mysteries →

Referenced by (48)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Byzantium → Edirne ("Eastern Thrace") → Gallipoli Peninsula → Selimiye Mosque →	locatedIn
Aegean Sea → Macedon → Moesia →	borderedBy
Thrace ("Western Thrace") → Thrace ("Eastern Thrace") → Thrace ("Northern Thrace") →	hasPart
Democritus → Protagoras →	birthPlace
Dacian tribes → Turks →	culturalRegion
Edirne → Maritsa ("ancient Thrace") →	historicalRegion
Battle of Adrianople (378) → Battle of Amphipolis →	location
Thrace ("Thrace region of Greece") → Thrace ("Thrace region of Turkey") →	modernCountrySubdivision
Surname Law of 1934 ("Thrace (Turkish part)") → Turkish nationalism →	region
Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → Treaty of Constantinople (1913) ("Eastern Thrace") →	regionAffected
Treaty of Sèvres →	affectedTerritory
Ottoman Fifth Army →	areaOfOperations
Ares →	associatedRegion
Meglen region →	borderedByHistoricalRegion
Macedonia (Greece) ("Thrace (Greece)") →	bordersRegion
Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari ("Ancient Thrace") →	category
Northern Greece →	containsRegion
Thracians →	ethnicGroupOf
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids →	hasBorderWith
Northern Greece →	hasCulturalRegion
Bulgarian schism →	hasHistoricalRegion
Thracians →	inhabitedRegion
Bosporus →	isBoundaryBetween
Byzantine–Ottoman wars →	mainTheater
Samothrace ("Thrace region (historical)") →	partOf
Maritsa →	passesThroughRegion
Marcian →	placeOfBirth
Balkan League →	regionTargeted
Miltiades the Younger ("Thracian Chersonese") →	residence
Miltiades the Younger ("Thracian Chersonese") →	ruled
Balkan Mountains ("Thracian Lowland") →	separates
Brasidas →	strategicRegionOfOperations
Serbian Empire ("Thrace (parts)") →	territoryIncludes
Ares →	worshipCenter