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Aleppo (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 12 03 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.2012 decimal degrees |
| Long: 037 09 39 E degrees minutes |
Long: 37.1612 decimal degrees |
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Note: Aleppo developed on a crossroads of caravan routes. It was taken by Hittites 2000 BCE, and was Assyrian from 853 BCE. It was taken by Muslims in 638 CE, and became a major site along the Silk Road. The city was recovered by the Greeks 969, and besieged by Crusaders in 1118, 1124. Later, it was sacked by Mongols in 1260, captured by Ottomans 1517, and eventually taken by British and Arabs in 1918. |
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| Ḥalab (preferred,C,V)
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| Halab (C,V,English)
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| Haleb (C,V)
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| Halep (C,O)
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| Aleppo (C,V,S,English-P,U,N)
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| Aleppo (Norwegian)
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| Alep (C,V,French)
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| Aleppe (C,V)
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| Berea (C,V)
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| Yamkhad (C,O)
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| Madīnat Ḩalab (C,V)
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| حلب (C,V,Arabic)
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| חאלב (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Muḩāfaz̧at Ḩalab (C,U,O,Arabic (transliterated)-P)
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| Ḩalab (C,U,Arabic (transliterated))
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| SY09 (C,U,FIPS)
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| محافظة حلب (C,U,Arabic-P)
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| Aleppo Governorate (C,U,English)
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| Мухафаза Алеппо (C,U,Russian)
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| Мухафаза Халеб (C,U,Russian)
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| Beroea (H,V)
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............ | ancient, 306-280 BC |
| Chalybon (H,V)
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| Halapa (H,V)
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| Halman (H,V)
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| Khalepion (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Ḩalab (governorate) (P) |
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Aleppo (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a very ancient center |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of kingdom 2000 BC |
| principality (H) |
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of Hittites until 853 BC |
| state (H) |
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of French mandate, 1920 |
| trade center (H) |
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flourished in 16th cen. |
| market center (H) |
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of Middle East, 16th cen. |
| episcopal see (H) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| located on .... |
Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Tell Mardikh .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Syria, Ḩalab) [7002266] |
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