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Baalbek (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 12 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.2000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was a large and important ancient city; was identified with worship of Baal, a Semitic sun-god (thus the name Heliopolis); most buildings were erected under reign of Roman Antoninus Pius 138-161; ruins declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. |
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| Baalbek (preferred,C,V)
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| Ba'labakk (C,V)
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| Balabakk (C,V)
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| Baʻlabakk (C,V)
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| Baʻalbek (C,O)
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| Heliopolis (H,O)
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............ | ancient Greek, meaning "City of the Sun" |
| Heliopolis Syriae (H,O)
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| Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Heliopolis (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Baalbek (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important ancient site |
| village (C) |
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| colony (H) |
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of Rome, established by Julius Caesar |
| monastery (H) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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1984 |
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