Halys River

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The Halys River is the ancient name for the Kızılırmak River, the longest river entirely within modern-day Turkey and a historically significant boundary in Anatolia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Halys River canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient river name ⓘ
historical geographic feature ⓘ
ancientNameOf Kızılırmak River ⓘ
approximateLength about 1355 km ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of the Eclipse ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Croesus of Lydia ⓘ
linked to: Croesus

Cyrus the Great ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalRegion Cappadocia vicinity ⓘ
drainageBasin Kızılırmak Basin ⓘ
flowsInto Black Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Central Anatolian plateau ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian Plateau
flowsThroughModernProvince Aksaray Province ⓘ
Kayseri Province ⓘ
Kırıkkale Province ⓘ
Kırşehir Province ⓘ
Nevşehir Province ⓘ
linked to: Nevşehir

Samsun Province ⓘ
Sivas Province ⓘ
Çankırı Province ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Antiquity ⓘ
linked to: Classical antiquity

Iron Age Anatolia ⓘ
historicalRole frontier between ancient kingdoms ⓘ
major boundary in Anatolia ⓘ
isLongestRiverEntirelyIn Turkey ⓘ
knownInGreekAs Ἅλυς ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
modern-day Turkey ⓘ
mentionedBy Herodotus ⓘ
mentionedIn ancient Greek historical sources ⓘ
modernName Kızılırmak ⓘ
linked to: Kızılırmak River
mouthLocation Black Sea coast of Turkey ⓘ
nameLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf watershed of the Black Sea ⓘ
refersTo Kızılırmak River ⓘ
region Central Anatolia ⓘ
Northern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: northern Anatolia
significance important trade and military route in ancient Anatolia ⓘ
sourceRegion eastern Central Anatolia ⓘ
strategicImportance demarcation line between western and eastern Anatolia in antiquity ⓘ
usedAsBoundaryBetween Lydia and Media ⓘ
Lydia and Persia ⓘ
linked to: Persia
usedAsBoundaryBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Lydian Kingdom ⓘ
Median Empire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kızılırmak River → historicalName → Halys River ⓘ
Paphlagonia → approximateExtentTo → Halys River ⓘ
Kızılırmak River → historicalName → Halys River ⓘ
Paphlagonians → associatedRiver → Halys River ⓘ
Red River (Kızılırmak) → historicalName → Halys River ⓘ
subject linked to: Red River