1) City 2) Metropolis 3) Urban center
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ancient Greek city in Mysia, situated 16 miles from the Aegean Sea on a lofty isolated hill on the northern side of the broad valley of the Caicus ... [21 related articles]
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Ancient Greek city in Mysia in western Asia Minor, which became the capital of an independent kingdom in 283 BC under the
Attalid dynasty. As the ally of Rome it achieved great political importance...
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a large city in Asia Minor (today in Turkey); in 133 BCE, King Attalus III left the territory to Rome in his will; however, this bequest was not popular and Aristonicus led a rebellion of slaves and the poor against Rome; Aristonicus wanted to create a kingdom named The City of the Sun that would worship Helios, the sun god; Rome defeated Aristonic...
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Town near Izmir (Smyrna) in Asia Minor. Parchment (from Latin 'carta Pergamena') supposedly first made there in 3rd cent BC. (3) When the King of Pergamus was building a great library in rivalry with the library of the King of Egypt in Alexandria, the latter placed an embargo on the exportation of papyrus from Egypt to hamper competition. The King ...
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Ancient Greek city in Mysia in western Asia Minor, which became the capital of an independent kingdom in 283 BC under the Attalid dynasty. As the ally of Rome it achieved great political importance in the 2nd century BC, and became a centre of art and culture. It had a famous library, the contents of...
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