1) Ancient Cappadocia
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[Cappadocia] Pteria was the capital of the Assyrians in northern Cappadocia. They were said by Herodotus to have been taken and ruined by Croesus in 547 BC. It also was the place of an undecided battle between Cyrus the Great and Croesus. Although some have identified Pteria with Hattusa (Boğazkale), and with the near site of Kerkenes, thi...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteria_(Cappadocia)
[genus] Pteria is a genus of molluscs in the family Pteriidae. The species of the genus are sometimes referred to as wing-oysters or winged oysters. ==Selected species== The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus: ...
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(from the article `bivalve`) Bivalves of the genera Pinctada and Pteria have been collected in many tropical seas for the natural pearls they may contain, although in many ...
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ancient capital of the `White Syrians` of northern Cappadocia in eastern Anatolia, which, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, was taken, ...
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