Boeotian plain

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The Boeotian plain is a fertile agricultural region in central Greece, historically significant as the heartland of ancient Boeotia and the setting for several important Greek cities and battles.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Boeotian plain canonical 6
Attica–Boeotia border 1
plain of Boeotia 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plain
borderedBy Euboean Gulf
Gulf of Corinth
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
country Greece
countryCapitalNearestMajorCity Athens
economicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
eraOfSignificance Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
hasCity Chaeronea
Leuctra
linked to: Battle of Leuctra

Orchomenus
Plataea
Thebes
hasStrategicImportance control of routes between northern and southern Greece
heartlandOf ancient Boeotia
historicalRegionOf ancient Boeotia
linked to: Boeotia
knownFor agricultural productivity
fertile soil
historical significance in ancient Greece
languageHistoricallySpoken Boeotian Greek
linked to: Aeolic Greek
locatedIn Boeotia
Central Greece
linked to: central Greece
mentionedIn ancient Greek historiography
works of Herodotus
works of Pausanias
works of Thucydides
modernAdministrativeRegion Regional Unit of Boeotia
near Lake Copais (former)
linked to: Lake Copais

Mount Cithaeron
Mount Helicon
partOf Greek mainland
politicalEntityHistoricallyAssociated Boeotian League
siteOf Battle of Chaeronea
Battle of Leuctra
Battle of Plataea
traversedBy Asopus River
Cephissus River
usedFor grain cultivation
olive cultivation
vine cultivation

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Referenced by (8)

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

Lake Copais region Boeotian plain
Helladic culture cultureArea Boeotian plain
Kithairon region Attica–Boeotia border
linked to: Boeotian plain
Coronea locatedOn plain of Boeotia
linked to: Boeotian plain
Coronea hasNearbyFeature Boeotian plain
Kephissos River flowsThrough Boeotian plain
Copaean Lake partOf Boeotian plain
Acraephnium geographicalContext Boeotian plain