Akhisar

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Akhisar is a town in western Turkey that occupies the site of the ancient city of Thyatira, one of the early centers of Christianity in Asia Minor.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Akhisar canonical 3
Akhisar, Manisa, Turkey 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
town
administrativeDivisionOf Manisa Province
linked to: Manisa
associatedWith early Christianity
connectedBy highway
railway
country Turkey
countrySubdivision Manisa Province
linked to: Manisa
describedAs one of the early centers of Christianity in Asia Minor
governedAs district center
hasAncientHeritage Byzantine period
Hellenistic period
Roman period
hasArchaeologicalSite remains of Thyatira
linked to: Thyatira
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
light industry
olive cultivation
tobacco production
hasFeature Byzantine-era remains
Roman-era remains
ancient inscriptions
church ruins
hasPopulationType urban
hasReligionHistory Christianity
historicalName Thyatira
historicalReligion Christianity
paganism
isOneOf Seven churches of Asia
language Turkish
locatedIn Aegean Region
Asia Minor
Lydia
Manisa Province
linked to: Manisa

Roman province of Asia
western Turkey
locatedOn Akhisar Plain
majorReligion Islam
mentionedIn Book of Revelation
nearbyMajorCity Manisa
İzmir
linked to: Izmir
occupiesSiteOf Thyatira
partOf Republic of Turkey
linked to: Turkey
regionHistoricallyKnownAs Asia Minor
Lydia
timeZone TRT

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Thyatira modernName Akhisar
Thyateira locatedIn Akhisar
Thyateira presentDayLocation Akhisar, Manisa, Turkey
linked to: Akhisar
Thyateira hasModernSuccessor Akhisar