King’s Highway

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King’s Highway was an ancient Near Eastern trade and military route running north–south through the Transjordan, linking regions such as Egypt, the Red Sea, and Damascus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
King’s Highway canonical 3
King's Highway 2
Highway 35 (King's Highway) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient military road
ancient trade route
historical road
connectedTo Arabian trade routes
Syrian trade routes
connects Damascus
Egypt
Red Sea
direction north–south
economicRole enabled movement of luxury goods and raw materials
facilitated long-distance trade between Arabia and the Levant
followsRegion Transjordanian plateau
historicalPeriod Bronze Age
Iron Age
locatedIn Ancient Near East
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Transjordan
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
partOf ancient Near Eastern trade network
passesNear Dead Sea
passesThrough Ammon
Edom
Moab
linked to: Moab, Utah
routeType overland caravan route
strategicImportance controlled access between Arabia and Syria
served as a key military corridor in the Transjordan
usedFor caravan traffic
military movements
trade

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Edom controlledRoute King’s Highway
Via Maris parallelTo King's Highway
subject linked to: ancient trade route Via Maris
linked to: King’s Highway
Karak locatedOn King’s Highway
Wadi Musa connectedTo King's Highway
linked to: King’s Highway
Way of the Sea relatedTo King’s Highway
Kerak Castle near Highway 35 (King's Highway)
linked to: King’s Highway