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  2. List of ancient cities in Thrace and Dacia - Wikipedia

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    Dacian towns and fortresses in Dacia during Burebista Onomastic range of some towns with the dava ending. Many city names were composed of an initial lexical element affixed to -dava, -daua, -deva, -deba, -daba, or -dova, which meant "city" or "town" Endings on more southern regions are exclusively -bria ("town, city"), -disza, -diza, -dizos ("fortress, walled settlement"), -para, -paron ...

  3. Sagalassos - Wikipedia

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    The urban site was laid out on various terraces at an altitude between 1400 and 1600 m. After suffering from a major earthquake in the early sixth century CE, the town managed to recover, but a cocktail of epidemics, water shortages, a general lack of security and stability, a failing economy and finally another devastating earthquake around the middle of the seventh century forced the ...

  4. List of circular cities - Wikipedia

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    The city plan was a perfect circle of 1,950 m diameter, divided into twenty sectors. The plan also featured a circular city center, with a tower at its very center. [4] Veh-Ardashir: 3rd century The circular wall is uncovered. [5] Harran: Sasanian period [1] Gay / Jay (Isfahan's twin city) [6] Isfahan: The round city of Isfahan is not uncovered ...

  5. List of Phoenician cities - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Category:Ancient cities - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 26 September 2021, at 10:49 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Prehistory of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The ancient hunters, Paleo-Indians (13000 B.C. to 7000 B.C.), descended from humans that crossed the Bering Strait. There is evidence of Paleo-Indians in Ohio, who were hunter-gatherers that ranged widely over land to hunt large game. For instance, mastodon bones were found at the Burning Tree Mastodon site that showed that it had been butchered.

  8. Zeugma (Commagene) - Wikipedia

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    In 64 BC, the Roman Republic gained control of the city. Zeugma was of great importance to the Roman Empire as it was located at a strategically important place. Up to 70,000 people lived in the city, and it became a center for the military and commerce for the ancient Romans. [2] In 253 AD, it was destroyed by the Sassanids, but was later ...

  9. Fort Ancient (Lebanon, Ohio) - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Ancient earthworks were built in at least three stages over an estimated 400-year period. The shoulder blades of deer, split elk antlers, clam shell hoes, and digging sticks were used to loosen the dirt, and baskets holding 35 to 40 pounds were used to carry and distribute the soils in building the earthworks.