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Tus
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Tus

Ancient city · Iran

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
36.486, 59.518
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: древний город

History

Tus is an ancient city in Khorasan near Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. To the ancient Greeks, it was known as Susia. It was also known as Tusa. Tus was divided into four cities, Tabran, Radakan, Noan and Teroid, which in combination formed largest city in the region in the fifth century.

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