Charax Spasinu

Summary

Charax Spasinu is an ancient city^[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Charax Spasinu is located in Iraq^[3].
• Charax Spasinu is in the country of Iraq^[4].
• Charax Spasinu's image is recorded as Hyspaosines.jpg^[5].
• Charax Spasinu's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[6].
• Charax Spasinu's instance of is recorded as seaport^[7].
• Hyspaosines is named after Charax Spasinu^[8].
• Alexander the Great is named after Charax Spasinu^[9].
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes is named after Charax Spasinu^[10].
• Charax Spasinu's Commons category is recorded as Charax Spasinu^[11].
• Charax Spasinu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.894692, 'lon': 47.578031}^[12].
• Charax Spasinu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.89786289707795, 'lon': 47.567476326068245}^[13].
• Charax Spasinu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d3z1k^[14].
• Charax Spasinu's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[15].
• Charax Spasinu's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[16].
• Charax Spasinu's capital of is recorded as Characene^[17].
• Charax Spasinu's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Charax^[18].
• Charax Spasinu's Pleiades ID is recorded as 912872^[19].
• Charax Spasinu's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 22654^[20].
• Charax Spasinu's Trismegistos Geo ID is recorded as 42178^[21].
• Charax Spasinu's ToposText place ID is recorded as 309476UCha^[22].
• Charax Spasinu's museum-digital place ID is recorded as 11536^[23].
• Charax Spasinu's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 339017^[24].
• Charax Spasinu's Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites ID is recorded as antioch-1^[25].

Body

Geography

Charax Spasinu is in the country of Iraq^[4]. It is located in Iraq^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient city^[6] and seaport^[7].

History and Context

Things named after include Hyspaosines^[8], -0209–-0124^[26], of Characene^[27]; Alexander the Great^[9], a politician^[28], -0356–-0323^[29], of Macedonia^[30]; and Antiochus IV Epiphanes^[10], an aristocrat^[31], -0215–-0164^[32], of Seleucid Empire^[33].

Why It Matters

Charax Spasinu ranks in the top 10% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]