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Samsun (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 17 12 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.2867 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 19 48 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.3300 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest city on S shore of Black Sea; former Genoese trading colony; captured by Ottoman sultan Bayezid I late 14th cen.; Ottomans defeated by Tamerlane 1402; conflagrated by Genoese before Ottomans recaptured city 1425. |
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| Samsun (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed by Seljuq Turks, later half 12th cen. |
| Djanik (C,V)
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| Janik (C,V)
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| Sams (C,V)
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| Samsoun (C,V)
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| Amisos (H,V)
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............ | Byzantine |
| Amisus (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Samsun (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Amisus in 7th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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university founded in 1975 |
| regional capital (C) |
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