• Isidore of Charax (/ˈɪzɪˌdɔːr/; Ancient Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Χαρακηνός, Isídōros o Charakēnós; Latin: Isidorus Characenus) was a Greco-Roman geographer of...
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    (1456–1462) Isidore of Kiev (1385–1463), Greek religious leader and theologian Isidore of Charax (fl. 1st century), Greek geographer Isidore of Alexandria...
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    Charax Spasinu, also called Charax Spasinou, Charax Pasinu, Spasinu Charax (Ancient Greek: Σπασίνου Χάραξ), Alexandria (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια) or Antiochia...
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    Albion (category History of the British Isles)
    including Thule.[failed verification] The name Albion was used by Isidore of Charax (1st century BC – 1st century AD) and subsequently by many classical...
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    however necessarily imply that chastity was a requirement of Anaitis priestesses. [ν] Isidore of Charax, in addition to a reference to the temple at Ecbatana...
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    guarded in the city of Asaak more than two centuries after his death, as reported by Isidore of Charax. This indicates that the act of declaring a king had...
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    Anthemusias (Greek: Ανθεμουσιάς) or Charax Sidae was an ancient Mesopotamian town, according to Pliny and Strabo. Isidore of Charax says that it was 8 schoeni...
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  • Charax was a fortified town. Founded by the Seleucids, it was located nearby Apameia according to Ptolemy (Geography 6.4.4). According to Isidore of Charax...
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    Roman Empire period Periplus of the Erythraean Sea Strabo (63 BC – AD 24) Pomponius Mela (fl. 40s AD) Isidore of Charax (1st century AD) Mucianus (1st...
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    of another of Alexander's fortresses, and Kandahar. It is mentioned by Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Ammianus Marcellinus, Isidore of Charax, Stephanus of...
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    Ancient Greece–Ancient India relations (category Foreign relations of ancient India)
    Mathura the city of KRISHNA, Dr. Uday Dokras Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MYOS-HORMOS Parthian Stations. By Isidore of Charax. THE MUZIRIS...
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    mentioned by Isidore of Charax in "The Parthian Stations". According to Isidore, they were bordered by Greek cities on the east (Alexandria of the Caucasus...
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    of Alexandria Troas, which W. W. Tarn theorized was founded by Alexander. Plan of the archaeological site of Naysan, the probable location of Charax Spasinu...
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    Parasang (category Human-based units of measurement)
    others 40, and yet others 30. In his 1st-century Parthian stations, Isidore of Charax "evidently [used for schoenus] the same measure as the Arabic parasang...
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    stone platform" had been associated with a comment by Isidore of Charax, that refers to a "temple of Artemis" (Parthian Stations 6). References to Artemis...
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    Stations, the geographer Isidore of Charax noted the existence of an "Ἀλεξανδρόπολις μητρόπολις Ἀραχωσίας" ("Alexandropolis, metropolis of Arachosia")—the "Alexandropolis"...
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    Raqqa (redirect from History of Al-Raqqah)
    Similarly, Isidore of Charax, in the Parthian Stations, also credits its foundation to Alexander. Conversely, Appian includes Nikephorion in a list of settlements...
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    Khabur (Euphrates) (category Rivers of Turkey)
    Gestarum, 14.3, 23.5. Isidore of Charax The History of Theophylact Simocatta, 4.10. Nishiaki, Y. (1992). "Preliminary results of the prehistoric survey...
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    Arachosia (category Historical regions of Afghanistan)
    rule of the Parthians." — Isidore of Charax, Parthians stations, 1st century CE. Original text in paragraph 19 of Parthian stations A theory of Croatian...
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    Indo-Greek Kingdom (category Ancient history of Afghanistan)
    the acquisition of the territory by Chandragupta from Seleucus, is mentioned by Isidore of Charax. He describes Greek cities there, one of them called Demetrias...
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    Ray, Iran (category Geography of Tehran)
    to Athenaeus. According to Isidore of Charax, under the Parthian and Seleucid eras, Ray was surrounded by the province of Rhagiana together with four...
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  • trace of the Silk Road, located at the distance of about 75 km from Hamadan and 96 km from Kermanshah. Kangavar was mentioned by Isidore of Charax in the...
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    Merv (redirect from History of Merv)
    known as Gyaur Gala fortress. Isidore of Charax wrote Antiochia was called the "unwatered" (Ἄνυδρος). After the fall of the Seleucid dynasty (63 BC),...
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    Kermanshah province (category Provinces of Iran)
    preemptorily associated with a comment by Isidore of Charax who referred to a temple of Anahita at Concobar (the Greek name of Kangavar, which was then in Lower...
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    Pearl hunting (category History of underwater diving)
    Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and in the Gulf of Mannar (between Sri Lanka and India). A fragment of Isidore of Charax's Parthian itinerary was preserved in Athenaeus's...
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    extracts in other histories. Isidore of Charax, who lived during the reign of Augustus, provides an account of Parthian territories, perhaps from a Parthian...
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    suggested a possible identification with the place named "Adrapana" by Isidore of Charax. Asadabad was an important royal site during the Sasanian period,...
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    Alexandria Ariana (category History of Herat)
    the less-fortified lower town. As ancient sources such as Strabo, Isidore of Charax, Pliny, and Ptolemy distinctly differentiate between Artacoana and...
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    Zaranj (redirect from History of Zaranj)
    srnḳ) versions of the Achaemenid royal inscriptions, as well as in Greek Zarángai, Zarangaîoi, Zarangianḗ (Arrian; Isidore of Charax), and Sarángai (Herodotus)...
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    Hyrcani (category Ancient peoples of Asia)
    coastline of the Caspian Sea and the Hermos River valley in Lydia. Curtius, Plutarch, Isidore of Charax and Strabo all refer to the inhabitants of Hyrcania...
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