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Dinar (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 09 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.1500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Apameia was ancient town of Hellenistic Phrygia, part of modern town of Dinar; passed to Romans in the 2nd century BCE; located along Persian Royal Road; ruled by Italy and then by Jewish traders; declined during the 3rd century CE; captured by the Turks in 1070; destroyed by earthquake. |
Names: |
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| Dinar (preferred,C,V)
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| Dina (C,V)
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| Apamea Cibotus (H,V)
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| Apamea ad Maeandrum (H,V)
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| Apameia (H,V)
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| Kelainai (H,V)
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| Celaenae (H,V)
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| Apamea Pisidiae (H,V)
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| Apamea Phrygia (H,V)
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| Apamea Kibotos (H,V)
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| Apamea On Meander (H,V)
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| Apamea (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Dinar (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in third cen. BC by Antiochus I Soter |
| town (C) |
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