Tamiathis

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Tamiathis is the ancient name of the Egyptian port city now known as Damietta, historically significant for its strategic location on the Nile Delta and the Mediterranean.

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Label Occurrences
Tamiathis canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
associatedWith Damietta ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
hasModernName Damietta ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Early Islamic period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownFor harbor ⓘ
military significance ⓘ
trade ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Nile Delta ⓘ
locatedOn Damietta branch of the Nile ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
near mouth of the Nile ⓘ
partOf Lower Egypt ⓘ
Mediterranean coast of Egypt ⓘ
presentIn ancient geographical sources ⓘ
medieval geographical sources ⓘ
region Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
role gateway between Egypt and the Mediterranean ⓘ
strategicImportance Mediterranean maritime trade ⓘ
control of Nile Delta access ⓘ
successorSettlement Damietta ⓘ
usedAs fortified town ⓘ
port city ⓘ

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

Damietta → historicalName → Tamiathis ⓘ