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Colchis

In classical antiquity and Greco-Roman geography, Colchis (/ˈkɒlkɪs/; Ancient Greek: Κολχίς) was an exonym for the Georgian polity of Egrisi (Georgian: ეგრისი) located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, centered in present-day western Georgia also including the region of Abkhazia.

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Capital
Aea
Common languages
Zan Svan Greek (decrees, numismatics) many others
Historical era
Iron Age, Classical antiquity
Religion
Georgian paganism Greek polytheism Mithraism Zoroastrianism
Today part of
Georgia · Russia · Turkey
• Cimmerian and Scythian invasions
720 BC

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Colchis

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to General and cited sources · 119
Colchis → Achaemenid Persian Empire, AD, Akaki Urushadze, Alexander, Ancient Colchis, Annales Littéraires, Antiquity, Archaic Period, AVRIL, BC, Bibcode, Black Sea, Braund, Brill, Brill's Studies, Bruno, Camilla, Century BC, City, Clarendon Press
related to Under Pontus · 35
Colchis → After, Aristarchus, Armenia, BC, Bosporan Kingdom, Bosporus, Caesar, Cappadocia, Dioscurias, During, Egypt, Emperor Nero, Galatia, Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, Greek, Her, His, Julius Caesar, Machares, Mithridates
related to Physical-geographic characteristics · 33
Colchis → Abkhazia, Adjara, Artvin, Black Sea, Colchis Plain, Eastern Black Sea, Georgia, Georgian, Great, Greater, Greater Caucasus, Guria, Imereti, In, Its, Karadeniz, Kobuleti, Lazistan, Lesser Caucasus, Likhi Range
related to history · 32
Colchis → According, Age, Argišti, Assyrians, Based, BC, BCE, Black Sea, Bronze Age, Colchian, Corinth, Eumelus, Georgia, Georgian, Greek, Historian Askold Ivanchik, In, Kilkhi/Qulha, Koban, Kolkheti
related to Under Roman rule · 32
Colchis → Abasgoi, Anicetus, Apsilae, Arrian, Colchian, Despite, Euxine Sea, Hadrian, Heniochi, Iberia, In, Julianus, Lazi, Machelones, Other, Paying, Periplus, Pontus, Roman, Roman Empire
related to Achaemenid satrapy · 23
Colchis → According, Achaemenid, Achaemenid Empire, BC, Colchian, Colchians, David Braund's, Donald Rayfield, Georgian, Gocha, Iberia, In, Kartli-Iberia, Macrones, Marres, Moschi, Ronald Suny, Strabo's, Subsequently, Ten Thousand
related to Geography and toponyms · 15
Colchis → BC, Black Sea, Colchians, Georgian, Georgians, Greco-Roman, He, Iberia, Kartvelian, Kartvelian-speaking, Kilkhi, Kolkha, Qulḫa, Ronald Grigor Suny, Suny
related to External links · 14
Colchis → Archived, Colchian, ColchisGolden, ColchisHerodotus, ColchisPliny, Dictionary, Dutch, German, Greek, LLD, Piano, Roman Geography, Wayback MachineColchis, William Smith
related to Scytho-Cimmerian invasions · 14
Colchis → Anatolia, BC, Cimmerians, Ciscaucasia, Colchian, Colchians, In, Media, Phasis, Scythian, Scythians, The Scythian, They, Transcaucasia
related to Economy, agriculture and natural resources · 12
Colchis → Achaemenid Empire, Ancient Greece, Black Sea, Colchian, Millet, Phasis, Roman, Rome, Similarly, The, The Colchian, Wheat

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greek bc sea according georgia colchian georgian century tribes pontus colchians modern also region black name king kingdom roman achaemenid

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ColchisCapitalAea1.00infobox
ColchisCommon languagesZan Svan Greek (decrees, numismatics) many others1.00infobox
ColchisHistorical eraIron Age, Classical antiquity1.00infobox
ColchisReligionGeorgian paganism Greek polytheism Mithraism Zoroastrianism1.00infobox
ColchisToday part ofGeorgia1.00infobox
ColchisToday part ofRussia1.00infobox
ColchisToday part ofTurkey1.00infobox
Colchis• Cimmerian and Scythian invasions720 BC1.00infobox
Colchis• Conquest of Diauehi750 BC1.00infobox
Colchis• Conquest of Mithridates VIAfter 70 BC1.00infobox
Colchis• Consolidation of Colchian tribes13th century BC1.00infobox
Colchis• Disestablished131 AD1.00infobox
Colchis• Two invasions of Sardur II of Urartu744/743 BC1.00infobox

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