Pontoon bridges at Hellespont
GPTKB entity
Statements (17)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
historical engineering project
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| gptkbp:builtBy |
gptkb:Second_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
gptkb:Xerxes_I |
| gptkbp:date |
480 BC
|
| gptkbp:destroyedBy |
wind
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| gptkbp:hasBridge |
2
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pontoon bridges at Hellespont
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Hellespont
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| gptkbp:material |
boats
cables wooden planks |
| gptkbp:mentionedIn |
gptkb:Herodotus'_Histories
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to allow Persian army to cross from Asia to Europe
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| gptkbp:restored |
gptkb:Xerxes_I
|
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the earliest large-scale pontoon bridges in history
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Xerxes_the_Great
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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