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Salamis (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 54 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.9000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The chief city of ancient Cyprus; founded by Teucer (ca. 1180 BC), a hero of the Trojan War; traded with Phoenicia & Egypt; at times subject to both Greece & Rome; visited by Saints Paul & Barnabus; destroyed by Arabs in 648. |
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| Salamis (preferred,C,V)
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............ | by Teucer after Greek island, ca. 1180 BCE |
| Salamís (C,V)
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| Salamis Cypri (C,O)
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| Constantia (H,O)
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............ | under Romans, for Constantine, 4th century CE |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Salamis (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Salamis (deserted settlement) (P) |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded by Teucer, ca. 1180 BCE; destroyed by Arabs 648 AD |
| city (H) |
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| colony (H) |
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Greek, ca. 750-550 BCE ; Roman, ca. 60 BC-AD 280 |
| religious center (H) |
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site of small Jewish community, ca. 200-ca. 600; Christian archbishopric, 7th cen. |
| trade center (H) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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