{"id":88479,"date":"2026-02-18T13:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=88479"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:48:33","slug":"charax-spasinou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/charax-spasinou\/","title":{"rendered":"Charax Spasinou"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Charax Spasinou Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deep in the deserts of Iraq, the lost city of Charax Spasinou has finally been found. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Charax Spasinou<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was an <\/span><b>ancient port city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located at the <\/span><b>confluence of the Tigris and Choaspes rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, near the<\/span><b> modern border of Iraq and Iran.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Founded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during the <\/span><b>Hellenistic period,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it was <\/span><b>initially established by <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alexander-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander the Great<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was reportedly <\/span><b>founded in 324 BCE,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just a <\/span><b>few years before Alexander\u2019s death.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He might have wanted it <\/span><b>to cement control over <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mesopotamia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mesopotamia <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at a strategic river junction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some sources say it was<\/span><b> originally called Alexandria.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city<\/span><b> passed to the Seleucid Empire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after Alexander&#8217;s death until it was <\/span><b>destroyed at some point by flooding.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city was later<\/span><b> rebuilt by Hyspaosines,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who became <\/span><b>its first king<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is recognized for <\/span><b>founding the kingdom of Characene <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>Charax Spasinou as its capital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to its favourable location, Charax became a very <\/span><b>important harbour in the Persian Gulf are<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a and a <\/span><b>major trading point between Mesopotamia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a region in the Middle East) <\/span><b>and India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city was home to a succession of local rulers who minted coins from the late second century BC to the third century AD.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charax&#8217;s <\/span><b>prominence waned around AD 224\u201328<\/b> <b>with the rise of the Sassanian Empire, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marking the end of Characene&#8217;s political significance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/lost-ancient-city-from-alexander-the-greats-empire-discovered-in-iraq-with-hidden-streets-and-temples-beneath-the-sands\/articleshow\/128448122.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charax Spasinou was an ancient port city located at the confluence of the Tigris and Choaspes rivers, near the modern border of Iraq and Iran. 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