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'Akkaz

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke

Contributors: DARMC, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, P. Flensted Jensen, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 12, 2013 03:47 PM — History

Formerly an island but now part of the harbor infrastructure of Kuwait City: Shuwaikh Port.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912798

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
29.3732385, 47.918049

Locations:

DARMC location 21852 (550 BC - AD 300)
location of Akaz island (550 BC - AD 300)

Names:

None

'Akkaz makes connections with:

'Akkaz connection Dilmun (unspecified date range)
'Akkaz connection Persicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um Mare (unspecified date range)

'Akkaz receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island, settlement, port

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 D4 'Akkaz

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: 'Akkaz, KUW.

Alternate representations:
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Suggested citation:
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, DARMC, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, P. Flensted Jensen, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, ''Akkaz: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912798> [accessed: 20 April 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912798 |title=Places: 912798 ('Akkaz) |author=Hausleiter, A., M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke |accessdate=April 20, 2018 5:03 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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'Akkaz