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The old city was established near the 16th century near the Attock fort that had guarded the major routes between Central Asia and South Asia. Attock's first oil well was drilled in Khaur in 1915, [11] while the Attock Oil Company was established [12] with a selling arrangement with the Burmah Oil Company. During 1928, the region produced ...
Attica (Greek: Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or Attikī́, Ancient Greek: [atːikɛ̌ː] or Modern:), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.
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The fort was captured in 1813 by Sikhs from the Afghans by Dewan Mokham Chand. In the 1830s, the Sikhs strengthened the fort by constructing 'very high and massy bastions' at each gate. [2] The British took over the fort in 1849, following the annexation of Punjab. [3] After the Partition of India, Pakistan Army took control of the fort. [4]
Attica (/ ˈ æ t ɪ k ə / AT-ih-kə; Greek: Περιφέρεια Αττικής, romanized: Periféria Attikís, [periˈferi.a atiˈcis]) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, the core city of which is the country's capital and largest city, Athens.
The Tell Al-Abqain fort, located in the center of the Housh Issa area of the Beheria Governorate, features mudbrick architectural structures used to house everything from military personnel to the ...
Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is a town in Greece and the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians.
Map of Rhamnous. Rhamnus was situated on the east coast of Attica. The town occupied a small plain 3 miles (5 km) wide, atop a rocky peninsula surrounded by the sea for two-thirds of its circumference. A narrow ridge connected the peninsula with the mountains which closely approached it on the land side and shut it out from the rest of Attica.