Hyrcania region

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hyrcania_region
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Caspian_Sea
gptkb:media
gptkb:Parthia
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Zadracarta
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkb:Parthian_Empire
gptkb:Sassanian_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hyrcania region
gptkbp:inhabitedBy gptkb:Hyrcanians
gptkbp:knownFor dense forests
fertile lands
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Old_Iranian_languages
gptkbp:locatedIn present-day Iran
south of the Caspian Sea
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Strabo
Herodotus
gptkbp:modernLocation gptkb:Golestan_Province
gptkb:Gorgan_Plain
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Hyrcanian_forests
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hyrcanian_Ocean
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5