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Zincirli (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 06 13 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.1037 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 40 33 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.6758 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of the ancient city of Sam'al. Was occupied in the Early Bronze Age; later became part of the kingdom of Yamhad (Aleppo) early in the 2nd mill. BCE. Thereafter it had a long history, It was absorbed into the Hittite empire; was capital of the kingdom of Sam'al 1200 BCE-609 BCE. |
Names: |
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| Zincirli (preferred,C,V)
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| Zincirli Höyük (C,V)
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| Zenjirli (C,V)
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| Senjirli (C,V)
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| Zinjerli (C,V)
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| Sendschirli (C,V,German,U)
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| Sam'al (H,V,S)
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............ | ancient name |
| Yadiya (H,V,Hittite,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Zincirli (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Iron Age kingdom |
| Iron Age (H) |
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| Hittite (H) |
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