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Kingdom of Pontus

Hellenistic-era kingdom centred in northern Anatolia (281 BC-62 AD)
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Kingdom of Pontus

Summary

Kingdom of Pontus is a Hellenistic kingdom[1]. It draws 863 Wikipedia views per month (hellenistic_kingdom category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kingdom of Pontus's religion is recorded as syncretism[3].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's continent is recorded as Asia[4].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's instance of is recorded as Hellenistic kingdom[5].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's instance of is recorded as empire[6].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's instance of is recorded as ancient Roman client kingdom[7].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's capital is recorded as Amasya[8].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's capital is recorded as Sinop[9].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's official language is recorded as Ancient Greek[10].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's shares border with is recorded as Kingdom of Cappadocia[11].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's shares border with is recorded as Roman Empire[12].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's family is recorded as Mithridatic dynasty[13].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's basic form of government is recorded as monarchy[14].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's locator map image is recorded as PonticKingdom.png[15].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's Commons category is recorded as Pontus[16].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Xenophôn-royaume du Pont.wav[17].
  • -0281-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kingdom of Pontus[18].
  • Kingdom of Pontus was dissolved in +0062-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.65, 'lon': 35.833333333333}[20].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06wc9t7[21].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge131504[22].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kingdom of Pontus[23].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3158245[25].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's language used is recorded as Old Persian[26].
  • Kingdom of Pontus's language used is recorded as Pontic Greek[27].

Body

Geography

Kingdom of Pontus's continent is recorded as Asia[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Hellenistic kingdom[5], empire[6], and ancient Roman client kingdom[7]. Kingdom of Pontus's religion is recorded as syncretism[3].

History and Context

-0281-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kingdom of Pontus[18].

Why It Matters

Kingdom of Pontus draws 863 Wikipedia views per month (hellenistic_kingdom category, ranking #6 of 11).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Mithridates VI of Pontus

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · LccnBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → no2026048040
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P244]]: no2026048040, Add P244 Library of Congress LCCN External Identifier"
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