Seleucia

Summary

Seleucia is a human settlement^[1]. Seleucia ranks in the top 0.25% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month, #90 of 35,923).^[2]

Key Facts

• Seleucia is located in Asuristan^[3].
• Seleucia is in the country of Seleucid Empire^[4].
• Seleucia is in the country of Parthian Empire^[5].
• Seleucia is in the country of Sasanian Empire^[6].
• Seleucia is on the body of water Tigris^[7].
• Seleucia's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8].
• Seleucia's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[9].
• Seleucia's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[10].
• Seleucia's shares border with is recorded as Ctesiphon^[11].
• Seleucia's founder is recorded as Seleucus I Nicator^[12].
• Seleucia is part of Seleucia-Ctesiphon^[13].
• Seleucia's Commons category is recorded as Seleucia on the Tigris^[14].
• -0305-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Seleucia^[15].
• -0300-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Seleucia^[16].
• Seleucia was dissolved in +0165-01-01T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Seleucia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.1, 'lon': 44.52}^[18].
• Seleucia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Seleucia on the Tigris^[19].
• Seleucia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Seleucia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[21].
• Seleucia's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[22].
• Seleucia's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[23].
• Seleucia's capital of is recorded as Seleucid Empire^[24].
• Seleucia covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.6'}^[25].
• Seleucia's culture is recorded as Hellenistic civilization^[26].
• Seleucia's culture is recorded as Greater Iran^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Seleucid Empire^[4], a Hellenistic kingdom^[28], in Seleucid Empire^[29], founded in -0312^[30]; Parthian Empire^[5], a historical country^[31], in Parthian Empire^[32], founded in -0247^[33]; and Sasanian Empire^[6], a Persian Empire^[34], in Sasanian Empire^[35], founded in 0224^[36]. Seleucia is located in Asuristan^[3]. Seleucia is on the body of water Tigris^[7]. Seleucia is part of Seleucia-Ctesiphon^[13].

Physical Characteristics

Seleucia covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5.6'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement^[8], archaeological site^[9], and ancient city^[10].

History and Context

Recorded inception include -0305-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15] and -0300-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].

Why It Matters

Seleucia ranks in the top 0.25% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month, #90 of 35,923).^[2] Seleucia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Seleucia is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]