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Mokissos

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
38.186, 34.207
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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

Mokissos or Mokisos or Mokison (Μωκισόν) was a town of ancient Cappadocia. The Romans called the city Mocisus or Mocissus, and Mocisum. Stephanus of Byzantium calls the town Moukissos (Μουκισσός).

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