Halys (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, jfu, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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The Kızılırmak river, the ancient Halys River, is a major river of Asia Minor that flows into the Black Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857148
39.9247286988, 35.1685680034
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Kizilirmak (river course) (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Halys (550 BC - AD 640)
- Halys (Ancient Greek, 1750 BC - AD 1918)
- Ἅλυς (Hálys: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Kizil Irmak (AD 1500 - AD 1918)
- Kizilirmak (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Kızılırmak (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Maraššant(ij)a (Hittite, 1450 BC - 1200 BC)
- Nahr Ālis (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 750 - AD 1307)
- Ḳızıl Irmaḳ (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1918)
- Halys (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Cappadox? (river) flows into Halys (river) (AD 2000 - AD 2099)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 87 A3 Halys fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kızıl Irmak
T. Sinclair, David Braund, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, jfu, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Halys (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857148> [accessed: 04 October 2024]
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