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During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah . In the late medieval period, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks ' Sultanate of Rum , from where the sultans ruled over Anatolia.
Iconium remained the seat of the metropolis until the 19th century, when it moved to Niğde, where the Greek Orthodox element was stronger. [5] During the Ottoman period, the Metropolitan of Iconium also received the former metropolis of Tyana , whence his full title was "Metropolitan of Iconium and Tyana, hypertimos and exarch of all Lycaonia ...
That author describes Iconium as the last city of Phrygia; and in Acts 14:6 Paul, after leaving Iconium, crossed the frontier and came to Lystra in Lycaonia. Ptolemy , on the other hand, includes Lycaonia as a part of the province of Cappadocia, with which it was associated by the Romans for administrative purposes; but the two countries are ...
Now located within Buffalo National River, the district includes ruins dating from 1880 to 1940. The area was an important part of what became known as the North Arkansas Lead and Zinc District , and played a role in the development of railroads and modern infrastructure in the area.
Mountain View is the largest city in and the county seat of Stone County, Arkansas, United States, located in the Ozarks.The city's economy is largely based on tourism related to its title as the "Folk Music Capital of the World". [4]
Damascus is a town located in the Ozark foothills on a plateau surrounded by clear streams along U.S. Highway 65 on the county line between Faulkner and Van Buren counties. It is most known for its proximity to the Titan II missile base that operated from 1963 until 1980, when a missile explosion killed one person and injured twenty-one.
The fire started around 2 a.m. and charred the over 100-year-old Scott’s Iconium General Store, known for its famous peach ice cream floats. Blaze destroys iconic Missouri general store in the ...
Mount Ida is located in central Montgomery County on the south bank of the South Fork of the Ouachita River. US Route 270 and Arkansas Highway 27 pass through the town. [ 6 ] US 270 leads east 36 miles (58 km) to Hot Springs and northwest 86 miles (138 km) to Heavener, Oklahoma , while AR 27 leads northeast 46 miles (74 km) to Danville and ...