Panticapaeum

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Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek city
archaeological site
capitalOf Bosporan Kingdom
coordinateRegion eastern Crimea
country Bosporan Kingdom
culture Ancient Greek
economy craft production
fish trade
grain trade
wine trade
founder Greek colonists from Miletus
function political center
port city
trading center
hasAlternativeName Panticapaion
Pantikapaion
hasArchaeologicalFind coins
inscriptions
pottery
sculpture
hasNameInGreek Παντικάπαιον
hasSiteType acropolis
fortifications
necropolis
hasTopography hilltop site
heritageDesignation archaeological monument
knownFor Hellenistic architecture
coinage of the Bosporan Kingdom
role in Black Sea trade
locatedIn Black Sea region
Crimea
Kerch
locatedOn Cimmerian Bosporus
Crimean Peninsula
modernCountryClaim Russia
Ukraine
modernLocation Kerch
near Strait of Kerch
partOf Bosporan Kingdom
ancient Greek colonization of the Black Sea
religion ancient Greek religion
significantPeriod Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman period
tradedWith Asia Minor
Greek mainland
Scythian tribes
usedLanguage Ancient Greek


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