Gaza
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 03, 2025 05:39 PM
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History
Gaza was a city or strongly fortified place in Sogdiana, captured by Alexander the Great.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59826
40.1524739518, 69.3630683537
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Nau (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Γάζα (Gaza: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Gaza part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
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None
unlocated, settlement, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B1 Gaza
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nau? TAJ
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Gaza: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59826> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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