Persian satrapy of Caria

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The Persian satrapy of Caria was an administrative province of the Achaemenid Empire in southwestern Anatolia, governed by satraps who oversaw the region’s Greek and Carian cities.

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Label Occurrences
Persian satrapy of Caria canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid administrative division
satrapy
administrativeLanguage Imperial Aramaic
borders Ionia
Lycia
Lydia
capital Halicarnassus
containsCity Cnidus
linked to: Knidos

Halicarnassus
Mylasa
Stratonicea
culturalInfluence Carian
Greek
Persian
ethnicGroups Carians
Greeks
governanceType hereditary satrapy in later Achaemenid period
governedBy satraps
hasCoastOn Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
hasReligion Greek polytheism
Zoroastrian influence
local Carian cults
includes Carian cities
Greek cities
integratedInto Achaemenid satrapal system
knownFor mixed Greek-Carian culture
naval contributions to the Achaemenid Empire
strategic coastal position on the Aegean Sea
languageUsed Carian language
Greek language
Imperial Aramaic
locatedIn Asia Minor
southwestern Anatolia
militaryRole naval operations in the eastern Mediterranean
notableSatrap Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia II of Caria
Hecatomnus of Mylasa
Mausolus
overlord King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
partOf Achaemenid Empire
predecessor independent Carian polities
successor Hellenistic Caria
linked to: Caria

Macedonian rule under Alexander the Great
timePeriod Achaemenid period
tributaryTo Achaemenid central administration
tributeType military levies
naval contingents
taxes

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Carians underControlOf Persian satrapy of Caria
Siege of Halicarnassus combatant Persian satrapy of Caria