Geography
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Cappadocia (rocks)
Cappadocia: ancient name for the country between the rivers Halys and Euphrates, today central Turkey. Rock houses The strange Cappadocian landscape consists…Caria
Caria: the southwest of modern Turkey, incorporated in c.545 BCE the ancient Achaemenid empire as the satrapy Karkâ. Its capital was Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum).Early history …Carmania
Carmania (Old Persian Karmanâ): name of a region in ancient Iran, between the heartland of Persia and Gedrosia. Map of the…Caspian Gate
Caspian Gate: part of the Elburz mountains. The Caspian Gate, seen from a car The Caspian Gate is mentioned in several ancient…Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea (Greek: Κασπία θάλαττα): largest enclosed sea on earth. Whether it was really enclosed on all sides, was hotly contested in Antiquity. …Catabathmus
Catabathmus (Greek Καταβαθμός, "descent"): cape and frontier town between Ptolemaic Egypt and Cyrenaica, modern Salum, also known as Hellfire Pass. Catabathmus Catabathmus was…Catualium (Heel)
Catualium: town, known from the Peutinger Map, identified with Heel in the Netherlands. Catualium is mentioned on the Peutinger Map and was situated along the road on the west bank of the Meuse. The town has been identified with modern Heel…Celts
Celts: common name for the Iron Age civilizations of Western Europe, more or less identical to the La Tène culture.Names The…Chauci
Chauci (Greek: Καῦχοι): name of the inhabitants of the southern shore of the North Sea.A Northern Tribe Mask from Middelstum The Chauci are…Chaussée Brunehaut ("Via Belgica")
Chaussée Brunehaut: French name of the Roman road that connected Amiens, Bavay, Tongeren, and Cologne. In Germany, it is called Agrippa-Straße and sometimes, the quasi-Latin name Via Belgica is used. …Choara/Thara (Ahuan)
Choara or Thara: place along the Silk Road where Darius III Codomannus was killed. Dasht-e Kavir Choara, a place in western Parthia somewhere…Choaspes (Karkheh)
Choaspes: river in Iran, identical to the modern Karkheh, Seymareh, and Kashkan. Darreh-e Khazine The river Karkheh originates in the central zone…