Persian satrapy of Caria

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The Persian satrapy of Caria was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Empire in southwestern Anatolia, governed by satraps who oversaw the region’s Greek and Carian cities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Persian satrapy of Caria canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid administrative division ⓘ
satrapy ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
borders Ionia ⓘ
Lycia ⓘ
Lydia ⓘ
capital Halicarnassus ⓘ
containsCity Cnidus ⓘ
linked to: Knidos

Halicarnassus ⓘ
Mylasa ⓘ
Stratonicea ⓘ
culturalInfluence Carian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
ethnicGroups Carians ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
governanceType hereditary satrapy in later Achaemenid period ⓘ
governedBy satraps ⓘ
hasCoastOn Aegean Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasReligion Greek polytheism ⓘ
Zoroastrian influence ⓘ
local Carian cults ⓘ
includes Carian cities ⓘ
Greek cities ⓘ
integratedInto Achaemenid satrapal system ⓘ
knownFor mixed Greek-Carian culture ⓘ
naval contributions to the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
strategic coastal position on the Aegean Sea ⓘ
languageUsed Carian language ⓘ
Greek language ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
southwestern Anatolia ⓘ
militaryRole naval operations in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
notableSatrap Artemisia I of Caria ⓘ
Artemisia II of Caria ⓘ
Hecatomnus of Mylasa ⓘ
Mausolus ⓘ
overlord King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
predecessor independent Carian polities ⓘ
successor Hellenistic Caria ⓘ
linked to: Caria

Macedonian rule under Alexander the Great ⓘ
timePeriod Achaemenid period ⓘ
tributaryTo Achaemenid central administration ⓘ
tributeType military levies ⓘ
naval contingents ⓘ
taxes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carians → underControlOf → Persian satrapy of Caria ⓘ
Siege of Halicarnassus → combatant → Persian satrapy of Caria ⓘ