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Égkomi (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 09 46 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.1627 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 53 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.8832 decimal degrees |
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Note: Village on the site of an important Bronze Age city, possibly the capital of Alasiya (1600-1050 BCE); earliest finds from excavated site date to 2000 BCE; settlement was destroyed in 12th century BCE; rebuilt, but abandoned by 1050 BCE; current village dates from 18th century CE. |
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| Égkomi (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Enkomi (C,V)
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| Enkome (C,V)
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| Engomi (C,V)
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| Tuzla (C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Έγκωμη (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Alasia (H,V)
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| Engome (H,V)
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| Enkomi-Alasia (H,V)
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............ | suffix Alasia added in 1952 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Égkomi (inhabited place) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Égkomi (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first settled 2000 BC, resettled in modern times in 18th cen. |
| village (C) |
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originally settled by 2000 BC; site abandoned 1050 BC, resettled as a village in 18th cen. |
| city (H) |
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| trade center (H) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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