Gangara

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: David Braund

Contributors: R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 20, 2018 04:15 PM — History

An ancient city mentioned by Ptolemy that some have tentatively identified with modern Baku.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/866018

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.395278, 49.882222

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Gangara (30 BC - AD 300)

Gangara makes connections with:

Uncertain: Gangara same as Baku (unspecified date range)

Gangara receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated, settlement

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 88 Gangara

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Baku? AZE

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Suggested citation:
David Braund, R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Gangara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/866018> [accessed: 07 April 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/866018 |title=Places: 866018 (Gangara) |author=Braund, D. |accessdate=April 7, 2020 10:27 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Gangara