Kyrenaïkē

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ancient Greek toponym historical region region of North Africa

Kyrenaïkē is the ancient Greek name for Cyrenaica, a historically significant coastal region of North Africa centered around the city of Cyrene.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kyrenaikē 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek toponym ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
region of North Africa ⓘ
administrativeStatusInRomanPeriod province ⓘ
associatedPhilosophicalSchool Cyrenaic school of philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Cyrenaic school
bordersBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
centeredOnCity Cyrene ⓘ
colonizationCenturyBC 7th century BC ⓘ
colonizationLeader Battus I of Cyrene ⓘ
combinedProvinceName Cyrenaica ⓘ
surface form: Creta et Cyrenaica
combinedWith Crete ⓘ
earlierDominantReligion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Archaeological Site of Cyrene ⓘ
surface form: Cyrene archaeological site
hasNameInEnglish Cyrenaica ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Cyrenaica ⓘ
surface form: Κυρηναϊκή
hasNameInLatin Cyrenaica ⓘ
hasNotableInhabitant Aristippus ⓘ
surface form: Aristippus of Cyrene

Eratosthenes ⓘ
surface form: Eratosthenes of Cyrene
historicalEra Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Classical Antiquity

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman period
knownFor Greek philosophy ⓘ
fertile plateau ⓘ
silphium production ⓘ
languageUsedHistorically Ancient Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
laterDominantReligion Christianity ⓘ
locatedInContinent Africa ⓘ
locatedInModernCountry Libya ⓘ
majorCity Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
surface form: Apollonia

Barca ⓘ
Berenice ⓘ
Cyrene ⓘ
Ptolemais ⓘ
modernRegionalSuccessor Cyrenaica ⓘ
surface form: Cyrenaica region of Libya
neighboringRegion Marmarica ⓘ
Tripolitania ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
ancient Libya ⓘ
strategicImportance control of eastern Mediterranean routes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Cyrene ⓘ
wasColonizedBy Greeks ⓘ
wasColonyOf Thera ⓘ

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Cyrenaica → ancientName → Kyrenaïkē ⓘ