Erk Kala

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Mar 07, 2023 03:46 PM — History

Erk Kala, founded in the sixth century B.C., was at the center of Merv.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/935832829

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.6699096613, 62.1920864144

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Erk Kala (540 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Erk Kala makes connections with:

Erk Kala located at Alexandria/Antiochia/Merv (unspecified date range)

Erk Kala receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Merv

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Erk Kala: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/935832829> [accessed: 21 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/935832829 |title=Places: 935832829 (Erk Kala) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=June 21, 2025 4:31 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}