Heraklion
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589802
35.333333, 25.133333
- centerpoint of modern Heraklion (modern)
- Candia (Italian, AD 1200 - AD 1450)
- Ἡράκλειον (Herakleion: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- ربض الخندق (Rabḍ al-Ḫandaq: Arabic, AD 850 - AD 1200)
- Heraklion connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
- Iuktas connection Heraklion (unspecified date range)
settlement, port, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Herakleion
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, Elias Kolovos, and R. Talbert, 'Heraklion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589802> [accessed: 10 August 2020]
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