Arvad

E271931

Arvad is an ancient Mediterranean island city, historically known as Arwad, located off the coast of present-day Syria.

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Label Occurrences
Arvad canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
island city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Arados ⓘ
Arwad ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
culture Phoenician civilization ⓘ
describedAs fortified island city ⓘ
maritime city ⓘ
ethnicGroup Phoenicians ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasFeature city walls ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
port facilities ⓘ
hasLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
laterRuledBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Islamic Caliphates ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
locatedInBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedNear Tartus ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Syria ⓘ
mentionedIn Ezekiel 27 ⓘ
Ezekiel 27:11 ⓘ
Ezekiel 27:8 ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
partOf Phoenicia ⓘ
presentDayName Arwad Island ⓘ
linked to: Arwad
presentDaySettlementType town ⓘ
religion Canaanite religion ⓘ
Phoenician religion ⓘ
ruledBy Phoenician kings ⓘ
sovereignDuring Phoenician city-states period ⓘ
strategicImportance maritime trade hub ⓘ
naval base ⓘ

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

Arwad → knownAs → Arvad ⓘ