Halys River
E830790
The Halys River is the ancient name for the Kızılırmak River, the longest river entirely within modern-day Turkey and a historically significant boundary in Anatolia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halys River canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient river name
ⓘ
historical geographic feature ⓘ |
| ancientNameOf | Kızılırmak River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 1355 km ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Battle of the Eclipse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Croesus of Lydia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyrus the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Cappadocia vicinity ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | Kızılırmak Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsInto | Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThrough | Central Anatolian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughModernProvince |
Aksaray Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kayseri Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kırıkkale Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kırşehir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevşehir Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Samsun Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sivas Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Çankırı Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Classical Antiquity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iron Age Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
frontier between ancient kingdoms
ⓘ
major boundary in Anatolia ⓘ |
| isLongestRiverEntirelyIn | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownInGreekAs | Ἅλυς NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ modern-day Turkey ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient Greek historical sources ⓘ |
| modernName | Kızılırmak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | Black Sea coast of Turkey ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | watershed of the Black Sea ⓘ |
| refersTo | Kızılırmak River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Central Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | important trade and military route in ancient Anatolia ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | eastern Central Anatolia ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | demarcation line between western and eastern Anatolia in antiquity ⓘ |
| usedAsBoundaryBetween |
Lydia and Media
ⓘ
Lydia and Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsBoundaryBy |
Achaemenid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Median Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kızılırmak River