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Maras (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 35 05 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5847 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 55 35 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.9264 decimal degrees |
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Note: Taken by Arabs (around 645) who used it as base for their invasions into Anatolia; ruined several times during battles between Arabs, Byzantines and Armenians; reconstructed by Umayyad caliph Mu'āwiyah I in the 7th century; absorbed into Ottoman Empire ca. 1515. |
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| Maras (preferred,C,O)
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| Marash (C,V)
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| Kahramanmaraş (C,V)
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| Germaniceia (C,V)
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| Kahraman Maras (C,V)
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| Maraş (C,V)
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| Germanicea Marqasi (C,O)
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| Marasion (C,O)
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| Marache (C,O)
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| Caesarea Germanicia (C,O)
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| Marasch (C,O)
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| Maraache (C,O)
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| Germanicia Caesarea (H,V)
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| Germanikeia-Caesara (H,V)
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| Germanikeia-Marasion (H,V)
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| Margasi (H,V)
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| Markasi (H,V)
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............ | ancient Assyrian |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Maras (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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ancient Hittite city-state dates to at least 1000 BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| town (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Hittite kingdom Gurgum, ca. 12th cen. BC |
| regional capital (C) |
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