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Charax (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 53 41 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.8940 decimal degrees |
| Long: 047 34 41 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.5780 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient port at the head of the Persian Gulf; capital of the ancient kingdom of Characene. Was established by Alexander the Great in 324, on the site of a Persian settlement, Durine. Located on an artificial elevation at confluence of Tigris and Karun rivers; was a town of the Achaemenid Empire in Mesopotamia; was the main mercantile center on the Tigris estuary for centuries; main mercantile center on Tigris estuary for centuries; was caravan destination on route from Palmyra. The original Greek town was enlarged by the Arabian chieftain, Spasines, and renamed Spasines and Charax Spasinou after him. |
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| Charax (preferred,C,V)
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| Charax Spasinu (C,V)
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| Spasinou Charax (C,V)
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............ | meaning "fort of Spasines [a local prince in 2nd cen. BCE]" |
| Spasinu Charax (C,V)
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| Charax Pasinu (C,V)
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| Spasines (C,V)
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| Σπασίνου Χάραξ (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Alexandria (C,V)
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............ | according to legend, founded by and named after Alexander; there is little evidence of this |
| Ἀλεξάνδρεια (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Antiochia in Susiana (C,V)
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............ | renamed after Antiochos IV, but still called "Charax" |
| Antioch (C,V)
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| Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Σουσιανῆς (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Durine (C,V)
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............ | original Persian settlement on the site |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Charax (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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according to legend, was founded by Alexander; flourished in late centuries BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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| town (H) |
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| Persian (H) |
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| Ancient Greek (H) |
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