Geography

There are 224 items in Geography:

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 …

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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. …

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Catabathmus

Catabathmus (Greek Καταβαθμός, "descent"): cape and frontier town between Ptolemaic Egypt and Cyrenaica, modern Salum, also known as Hellfire Pass. Catabathmus Catabathmus was…

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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…

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Celts

Celts: common name for the Iron Age civilizations of Western Europe, more or less identical to the La Tène culture.Names The…

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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…

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