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ID: 6000247
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000247
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Amorium (deserted settlement)  Amorium (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 01 14 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.0200  decimal degrees
Long: 031 17 21 E  degrees minutes   Long: 31.2890  decimal degrees

Note: Was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor, Located S of Sivrihisar near village of Assar-Koy. Was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838; later recaptured by Greeks; fell to Turks 1068.

Names:
Amorium (preferred,C,V)
Amorion (C,V)
Ἀμόριον (C,V,Greek,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Turkey (nation)  ........  Turkey (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Eskişehir (province)  ............  Eskişehir (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Amorium (deserted settlement)  ................  Amorium (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  was ancient town
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Ἀμόριον..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Amorion..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Amorium..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  Nagel's: Turkey (1984) 533-534
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Nagel's: Turkey (1984) 533-534
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Nagel's: Turkey (1984)

 

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