Egrisi

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Egrisi was a medieval Georgian kingdom that emerged as a successor to ancient Colchis in the western Caucasus region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Egrisi canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
medieval Georgian kingdom ⓘ
borders Abkhazia ⓘ
Guria ⓘ
Iberia (ancient Georgian kingdom) ⓘ
Svaneti ⓘ
Tao-Klarjeti ⓘ
contestedBy Sasanian Empire ⓘ
country Georgia ⓘ
dominantChurch Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ
emergedAfter ancient Colchis ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lazica ⓘ
Lazika ⓘ
linked to: Lazikē
hasCapital Archaeopolis ⓘ
Tsikhegoji ⓘ
hasEthnicComponent Laz people ⓘ
Mingrelians ⓘ
historicalRole early center of Georgian statehood in the west ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine culture ⓘ
Hellenistic culture ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
knownFor conflicts between Byzantium and Sasanian Iran ⓘ
language Georgian ⓘ
Laz ⓘ
locatedIn Western Georgia ⓘ
linked to: western Georgia

western Caucasus ⓘ
linked to: Western Caucasus
locatedOn Black Sea coast ⓘ
partiallyControlledBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
partOf Caucasus region ⓘ
Christian Caucasus polities ⓘ
historical Georgian kingdoms ⓘ
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
predecessor Colchis ⓘ
regionCorrespondsTo Samegrelo ⓘ
part of modern western Georgia ⓘ
regionType coastal and mountainous kingdom ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Eastern Christianity ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Black Sea trade routes ⓘ
successor Kingdom of Abkhazia ⓘ
linked to: Abkhazia
successorStateOf Colchis ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
usedScript Georgian script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Colchis → succeededBy → Egrisi ⓘ
Lazica → alsoKnownAs → Egrisi ⓘ
Lazikē → alternativeName → Egrisi ⓘ
Tsikhegoji → locatedIn → Egrisi ⓘ