Karkemish

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Karkemish was an important ancient Near Eastern city-state on the Euphrates River, serving as a key political and commercial center for successive empires including the Hittites and later the Neo-Assyrians.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Carchemish 17
Karkemish canonical 3
Carchemish archaeological site 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city-state ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
battleDate 605 BC ⓘ
battleOutcome Babylonian victory ⓘ
battleParticipants Egyptian army ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army

Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
controlledBy Hittite Empire ⓘ
Late Hittite (Neo-Hittite) kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Hittite states

Mitanni ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
declinePeriod late 1st millennium BC ⓘ
excavatedBy British Museum expeditions ⓘ
linked to: British Museum

Leonard Woolley ⓘ
T. E. Lawrence ⓘ
excavationStart early 20th century ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf city walls ⓘ
gates ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
temples ⓘ
knownFor fortifications ⓘ
hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
relief sculptures ⓘ
strategic location on Euphrates trade routes ⓘ
languageEvidence Akkadian ⓘ
Luwian ⓘ
linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNearPresentDay Syrian border ⓘ
locatedOn Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
mentionedIn Assyrian inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Hittite texts ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
modernAccessPoint near Gaziantep Province ⓘ
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
region Northern Syria ⓘ
linked to: northern Syria

Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
religiousRole cult center ⓘ
servedAs commercial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
siteOf Battle of Carchemish ⓘ
strategicRole bridgehead over Euphrates ⓘ
tradeRole node on routes between Anatolia and Mesopotamia ⓘ
UNESCOStatus on Tentative List (Turkey) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Hittite Empire → majorCity → Karkemish ⓘ
Battle of Carchemish → location → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Luwians → associatedWith → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Neo-Hittite states → notableMember → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Syro-Anatolian region → hasMajorSite → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Leonard Woolley → workLocation → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Anatolian paganism → hasCultCenter → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Tabal region → relatedTo → Carchemish ⓘ
subject linked to: Tabal region (probable)
linked to: Karkemish
Fall of the Assyrian Empire → hasSignificantPlace → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Bit-Adini → neighborOf → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Piyassili → residence → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Piyassili → territorialJurisdiction → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Emar → nearbyAncientCity → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Kubaba → centerOfCult → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Kummuh → neighboringEntity → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Gurgum → neighbor → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Hittites → majorCity → Karkemish ⓘ
Jarabulus → locatedNear → Carchemish archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Luwian religion → cultCenters → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Iron Age Anatolia → notableSite → Carchemish ⓘ
linked to: Karkemish
Iron Age Anatolia → notableSite → Karkemish ⓘ