Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?
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Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies
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History
Close to Jebel Khayabir in Iraq, this site was an important mercantile center of southern Mesopotamia and capital of Characene. It may have been founded as an Alexandria by Alexander the Great and refounded as an Antioch by Antiochos IV.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872
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- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 31503 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 14844 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Less than certain: Alexandria (330 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Antiochia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Astarabad Ardashir (30 BC - AD 640)
- Χάραξ Σπασίνου (Charax Spasinu: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Karkh Maisan (30 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Spasinou Charax (30 BC - AD 640)
- Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]? connection Mesene/Characene/Shad Bahman/Maisan (unspecified date range)
- Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]? capital of Mesene/Characene/Shad Bahman/Maisan (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]? part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Less than certain: Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]? located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
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- See Further:
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- BAtlas 93 D3 Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?
- Cohen 2013 109-117
- EncIs Maysan
- Hansman 1967
- Livius.org Charax
- New Pauly Charax Spasin(o)u
- PECS (Perseus) ANTIOCH later CHARAX Iraq-Iran
- RE Alexandreia 13
- RE Antiocheia 10
- RE Charax 10
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) CHARAX SPASINU
- ToposText Charax (Persia)
- UR Region Archaeology Project: Charax Spasinou
- Wikipedia (English) Charax Spasinu
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 D3 Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jebel Khayabir, IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and Sean Gillies, 'Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872> [accessed: 16 November 2024]
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