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  • Anazarbus

  • 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.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Anazarbus
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    Anazarbus

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2014

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Turkey

    Adana

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    First Millennium BC

    Assyrian

    Roman + Byzantine + Islamic

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    Byzantine & Islamic Monuments

     

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