Bosporan Kingdom
Ancient Black Sea
The Bosporan Kingdom was an ancient Greek state on the northern shores of the Black Sea, centered around the Crimean Peninsula and the Kerch Strait.
It flourished from the 5th century BCE until absorbed by Rome, serving as a major grain exporter to Athens and other Greek cities.
The term appears primarily in classical history and archaeology.
- Black SeaLandlocked sea near Caucasus
- ScythiansAncient Eurasian steppe people
- CrimeaBlack Sea peninsula
- archonGreek city-state magistrate
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
Mithridates VI · wine · grape · silver · horse · amphora · gold · Thracians · pottery · merchant · coin · harbor · market · nomads · tyranny · Mithridates · wheat · Rome
- Ancient Black Sea PeoplesScythians, Thracians, Pontic Greeks
- Ancient KingdomsPersia, Babylon, Assyria, Sumer, Kush
- Black SeaBlack Sea, Dardanelles, Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, Constantinople
- PontusPontus, Mithridates VI, Mithridates, Pontic Greeks, Black Sea
geographic position in greek world
Bosporan KingdomAthens
Greece's capital city
Attica · Sparta · Corinth · Peloponnese · Thebes