Palmyrene region

E76931

historical region

The Palmyrene region is a historical area in central Syria centered around the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, known for its strategic location on caravan trade routes and its rich archaeological heritage.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Palmyra	6
Palmyra (ancient city)	1
Palmyrenes	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ
associatedWithPeople	Palmyrene region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Palmyrenes
associatedWithRuler	Odaenathus ⓘ Septimia Zenobia ⓘ surface form: Queen Zenobia
conflictHistory	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ surface form: Roman–Persian wars Syrian Civil War ⓘ
contains	Palmyrene mountain range ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Greco-Roman culture ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ Semitic culture ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Great Colonnade of Palmyra ⓘ Roman theatre of Palmyra ⓘ Temple of Bel ⓘ Valley of the Tombs ⓘ
hasCoreCity	Palmyrene region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Palmyra
hasModernAdministrativeRegion	Deir ez-Zor ⓘ surface form: Deir ez-Zor Governorate Homs ⓘ surface form: Homs Governorate
heritageThreat	iconoclasm ⓘ illicit antiquities trade ⓘ looting ⓘ
historicalFunction	buffer zone between empires ⓘ trade corridor ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine period Classical antiquity ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
knownFor	Greco-Roman ruins ⓘ archaeological heritage ⓘ caravan trade routes ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ
languageUsed	Palmyrene Aramaic ⓘ
locatedIn	Syrian Desert ⓘ central Syria ⓘ
locatedOn	oasis ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity	caravan trade ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ
partOf	Palmyrene Empire ⓘ Roman Syria ⓘ
religionHistoricallyPracticed	Christianity ⓘ polytheism ⓘ
strategicRole	link between Mediterranean and Mesopotamia ⓘ node on Silk Road-related trade networks ⓘ
terrain	semi-arid desert ⓘ
UNESCORelation	contains Palmyra UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Palmyrene region → associatedWithPeople → Palmyrene region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palmyrenes

Palmyrene Empire → capital → Palmyrene region ⓘ