Egyptian–Syrian frontier

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The Egyptian–Syrian frontier was the strategically vital border region between Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid-controlled Levant that became a primary battleground in their Hellenistic-era conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
Egyptian–Syrian frontier canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
frontier ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Nile Delta hinterland ⓘ
linked to: Nile Delta

Syrian interior ⓘ
borderBetween Egypt ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
conflict Fifth Syrian War ⓘ
First Syrian War ⓘ
Fourth Syrian War ⓘ
Second Syrian War ⓘ
Sixth Syrian War ⓘ
Syrian Wars ⓘ
Third Syrian War ⓘ
controlledBy Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
countryBorder Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
disputedBy Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
economicImportance control of trade routes between Egypt and Mesopotamia ⓘ
era post-Alexandrian successor states ⓘ
hasPart Coele-Syria ⓘ
Gaza region ⓘ
linked to: Gaza Strip

Palestine ⓘ
Sinai approaches ⓘ
southern Phoenicia ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
historicalRole primary battleground between Ptolemaic Egypt and Seleucid Syria ⓘ
languageContext Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Southern Levant ⓘ
linked to: Southern Palestine
notableBattle Battle of Panium ⓘ
Battle of Raphia ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic world ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
politicalContext Ptolemaic–Seleucid rivalry ⓘ
primaryBelligerent Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Coele-Syria question ⓘ
religiousContext Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Levantine ports ⓘ
buffer zone for Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
buffer zone for Seleucid-controlled Syria ⓘ
control of land route between Egypt and Syria ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century BC ⓘ
3rd century BC ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Fourth Syrian War → hasTheater → Egyptian–Syrian frontier ⓘ