Arados

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Arados is the ancient name of Arwad, a historic Phoenician island city off the coast of modern-day Syria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arados canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Phoenician city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
island city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aradus ⓘ
Arwad ⓘ
coordinateApprox 34.86°N 35.85°E ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
culture Phoenician culture ⓘ
distanceFromCoast about 3 kilometers ⓘ
engagedIn Mediterranean trade ⓘ
governmentType city-state ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commerce ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
hasFeature acropolis ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
hasIslandType rocky island ⓘ
heritageDesignation archaeological heritage site of Syria ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
knownFor fortifications ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
naval power ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
language Phoenician language ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Phoenicia ⓘ
Tartus Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Tartus
locatedNear Tartus ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Syria ⓘ
locatedOn Arwad Island ⓘ
linked to: Arwad
partOf Phoenician city-states ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
presentDayMunicipality Arwad, Syria ⓘ
linked to: Arwad
presentDayName Arwad ⓘ
region Syro-Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Greater Syria
religion Canaanite religion ⓘ
subordinateTo Sidon ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
underRuleOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Arwad → knownAs → Arados ⓘ
Aradus → knownInGreekAs → Arados ⓘ
Arvad → alsoKnownAs → Arados ⓘ