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Tripoli (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.4333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 51 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.8500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Held by Seleucids and Romans, taken by Muslims 638; taken by Crusaders after 5-year siege; captured by Mamelukes 1289 and destroyed; under Ottoman rule until taken by British in 1918; occupied by British and Free French in 1941. |
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| Trâblous (preferred,C,V)
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| Tripoli (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Ṭarābulus (C,V)
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| Tarabulus ash Sham (C,V)
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| Tarabulus esh Sham (C,V)
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| Trabulus (C,O)
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| Trabulus Syriae (C,O)
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| Tripolis (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Tripoli (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 7th cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Tripolis, a Phoenician federaton of Three cities: Saydā, Sūr & Aradus |
| episcopal see (H) |
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