Χαλκηδών

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Χαλκηδών is the ancient Greek name for Chalcedon, a historic city located on the Asian side of the Bosporus opposite Byzantium (modern Istanbul).

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Label Occurrences
Χαλκηδών canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
adjacentSea Black Sea via Bosporus ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
councilSignificance defined Christological doctrine in Christianity ⓘ
councilYear 451 ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
foundedBy Megara ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion northwestern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: Western Anatolia
historicalEra Byzantine period ⓘ
Classical Antiquity ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity

Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
knownFor proximity to Byzantium ⓘ
strategic position on the Bosporus ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ
Marmara Region ⓘ
locatedNear Sea of Marmara ⓘ
locatedOn Asian side of the Bosporus ⓘ
locatedOpposite Byzantium ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
modernPartOf Kadıköy ⓘ
nameInEnglish Chalcedon ⓘ
nameInLatin Chalcedon ⓘ
nearbyCity Nicomedia ⓘ
oppositeContinent Europe ⓘ
oppositeShoreFrom European side of the Bosporus ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Province of Bithynia et Pontus ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
presentDayDistrictOf Istanbul ⓘ
presentDayName Kadıköy ⓘ
regionHistoric Bithynia ⓘ
religiousCouncilType ecumenical council site ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
siteOf Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
strategicRole control of access between Black Sea and Aegean Sea ⓘ
urbanType port city ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
waterway Bosporus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Chalcedon → ancientName → Χαλκηδών ⓘ