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Anazarbus
Anazarbus, Ain Zarba was an ancient Cilician city. It was located in Anatolia in modern Turkey. The city was first founded by Assyrians in the 1st century BC. Anazarbus played a considerable part in the struggles between the Byzantine Empire and the early Muslims. It had been rebuilt by Harun al-Rashid in 796 AD, refortified at great expense by the Hamdanid Sayf al-Dawla in mid-10th century AD, and again destroyed in 962 AD by Nikephoros II Phokas.
The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Ancient City of Anazarbos.MUSTAFA TOR, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 186 m
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UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
2014
First Millennium BC
Assyrian
Roman + Byzantine + Islamic
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