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Isidore of Charax

50 BC - 100

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Isidore of Charax (; Ancient Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Χαρακηνός, Isídōros o Charakēnós; Latin: Isidorus Characenus) was a Greco-Roman geographer of the 1st century BC and 1st century AD, a citizen of the Parthian Empire, about whom nothing is known but his name and that he wrote at least one work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isidore of Charax has received more than 47,624 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Isidore of Charax is the 265th most popular explorer (up from 311th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Iraq and the most popular Iraqi Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Isidore of Charax ranks 265 out of 498. Before him are Carl Peters, Oscar Wisting, Francis Garnier, Jim Bridger, Anthony Jenkinson, and Willem de Vlamingh. After him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Ippolito Rosellini, Paweł Strzelecki, Grigory Shelikhov, Juan Pizarro, and Vladimir Atlasov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50 BC, Isidore of Charax ranks 24. Before him are Berenice, Pharasmanes I of Iberia, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Amanirenas, Quintus Fufius Calenus, and Publius Vatinius. After him are Annius Rufus, Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, Publius Canidius Crassus, Amanitore, Ariarathes X of Cappadocia, and Theudas. Among people deceased in 100, Isidore of Charax ranks 70. Before him are Aristarchus of Thessalonica, John of Patmos, Scribonius Largus, Dorcas, Andronicus of Pannonia, and Gessius Florus. After him are Claudia Marcella Minor, Plautia Urgulanilla, Aelia Paetina, Androcles, Dares Phrygius, and Remmius Palaemon.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Isidore of Charax ranks 253 out of 384. Before him are Erishum I (-2000), Shu-Sin (null), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Ur-Zababa (-2350), Karim Findi (1946), and Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923). After him are Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800), Gungunum (-2000), Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), and Kadim Al Sahir (1957).

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Among EXPLORERS In Iraq

Among explorers born in Iraq, Isidore of Charax ranks 1. 

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