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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Mar 13, 2026, 06:30 PM

Title: Alexandria on the Tigris, or Charax Spasinou
Post by: Duncan Head on Mar 13, 2026, 06:30 PM
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-alexandria-tigris-exploring-forgotten-rediscovered.html

https://www.campus.uni-konstanz.de/en/alexandria-on-the-tigris-the-forgotten-metropolis
Title: Re: Alexandria on the Tigris, or Charax Spasinou
Post by: Keraunos on Mar 14, 2026, 12:52 AM
Thank you for those links.  Most interesting.  I have read about the Ptolemaic ports for trade with India but had never asked myself the obvious question about Seleucid trade with India.
Title: Re: Alexandria on the Tigris, or Charax Spasinou
Post by: Jim Webster on Mar 14, 2026, 06:15 AM
Mind you, you could have read about it in Slingshot back in 2020/21  ;)
Title: Re: Alexandria on the Tigris, or Charax Spasinou
Post by: Keraunos on Mar 14, 2026, 08:45 AM
I could if I had joined the SoA back then but to my eternal shame I did not join until 2022  :-\