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Arasaxa

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
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Population
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Coordinates
38.618, 35.876
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Cappadocia in modern-day Turkey

History

Arasaxa, also known as Arathia and Arassaxa, was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times. It may be this Arathia which was a bishopric in antiquity.

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