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Karbala

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.280, 34.332
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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

Karbala was a town of ancient Cappadocia, inhabited in Byzantine times. It is the birthplace of Gregory of Nazianzus.

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