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Coinage of Mende. Ithyphallic ass on the obverse.c. 510-480 BC.. Mende (Ancient Greek: Μένδη), also Mendae or Mendai (Μένδαι), [1] or Menda (Μένδα), [2] or Mendis, [3] was an ancient Greek city located on the western coast of the Pallene peninsula in Chalkidiki, facing the coast of Pieria across the narrow Thermaic Gulf and near the modern town of Kalandra.
The city corresponds to the ancient Assyrian city of Arbela. Settlement at Erbil can be dated back to possibly 6000 BC, but not urban life until c. 2300. [86] [87] Ankara: Anatolia Turkey: c. 2000 BC [88] The oldest settlements in and around the city center of Ankara belonged to the Hattic civilization which existed during the Bronze Age. Jaffa ...
Tell Ashtara, north of the River Yarmouk, is a site considered to be identical with Ashtaroth, [6] a city mentioned in several Egyptian sources: the Execration texts, Amarna letters (mid-14th century BCE) and the campaign list of Ramesses III (r. 1186 to 1155 BCE). [2] The city appears in Amarna letters EA 256 and EA 197 as Aš-tar-te/ti. [7]
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Fortress city protecting the trade route to Anatolia; Karatepe; Finike - historically known as Phoenicus; Rhosos - according Malalas chronograpyh that city was founded by Cilix, son of Agenor the Phoenician King.
Tlos (Lycian: 𐊗𐊍𐊀𐊇𐊀 Tlawa, Hittite: 𒁕𒆷𒉿 Dalawa, Ancient Greek: Τλώς or Τλῶς) was an ancient Lycian city near the modern town of Seydikemer in the Mugla Province of southern Turkey, some 4 kilometres northwest of Saklıkent Gorge. It was one of the oldest and largest cities of Lycia.
Letopolis (Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient Egyptian city, the capital of the second nome of Lower Egypt. Its Egyptian name was Khem 𓋊𓐍𓐝𓂜𓊖𓉐 (ḫm), [ 2 ] and the modern site of its remains is known as Ausim ( Arabic : اوسيم , from Coptic : ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ ).
Tyras (Ancient Greek: Τύρας) was an ancient Greek city on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It was founded by colonists from Miletus, probably about 600 BC. The city was situated some 10 km from the mouth of the Tyras River, which is now called the Dniester. The surrounding native tribe was called the Tyragetae.