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Sapinuwa
Sapinuwa
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Sapinuwa
Sapinuwa or Shapinuwa was a Bronze Age Hittite city at the location of modern Ortaköy in the province Çorum in Turkey. It was one of the major Hittite religious and administrative centres, a military base and an occasional residence of several Hittite kings.
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Country: Turkey
District: Çorum Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: Second Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Hittite
Later Cultures: Hittite
Site Features: Hittite Monuments
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Elevation: 788 m
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