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Bithynia (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient region of western Asia Minor, bordering the Black Sea; dominated by Persia after the 6th century BCE; ruled by Hellenistic kingship 2nd century BCE; reached apex of its power under Eumenes II (197-160 BCE); became a Roman province in 74 BCE; was split under Byzantines. |
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| Bithynia (preferred,C,V)
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| Bithynian (C,V)
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| Bithynie et le Pont (C,U,French)
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| Bithynien und Pontus (C,U,German)
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| Bitinia e Ponto (C,U,Italian)
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| Bitinia y Ponto (C,U,Spanish)
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| Βιθύνια-Πόντος (C,U,Ancient Greek)
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| Bithynia and Pontus (H,O,English)
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| Bithynia et Pontus (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| general region (preferred, C) |
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settled by Thracian tribes during the late 2nd millenium BCE |
| former nation/state/empire (C) |
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| province (H) |
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| former administrative division (C) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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