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Ağaçlı (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 37 13 57 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.2324 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 53 41 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.8946 decimal degrees |
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Note: NE of Adana on the Sumbas Çay, a branch of Ceyhan river; part of the Cilicia province in Antiquity; rival of Cilician capital Tarsus in 3rd cen.; archbishopric in Byzantine Empire; suffered damage during Crusades; destroyed by Egyptian Mamlūks 1374. |
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Ağaçlı (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Anazarbus (C,V,S)
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Aǧaçli (C,V)
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Anavarza (H,V)
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............ | capital of Little Armenia, early 12th cen. |
Anazarba (H,V)
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Anazarbos (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
ʻAyn Zarbah (H,V)
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............ | renamed under Muslim occupation, Middle Ages |
Caesarea ad Anazarbus (H,V)
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Çeçenanavarza (H,V)
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Justinianopolis (H,V)
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............ | later name after reconstruction from earthquake damage, 6th cen. |
Justinopolis (H,V)
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............ | first name given after city rebuilt from earthquake damage, 6th cen. |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Adana (province) (P) |
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Ağaçlı (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded by Romans in 19 BC |
archaeological site (C) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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