Smyrna was an ancient Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia. Its advantageous port conditions, defensibility, and strong inland connections allowed it to rise to prominence. Since 1930 the city's official name has been Izmir.
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Founding Year Latitude38.418611 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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Source Sabbatai Zevi (Wikipedia)Article textQuote, Article text
Even though he had led the pious life of a mystic in Smyrna for several years, the older, more established rabbinic leadership was suspicious of his activities and the local college of rabbis.
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1. Smyrna (Wikipedia)
History
Old Smyrna was the initial settlement founded around the 11th century BC, first as an Aeolian settlement, and later taken over and developed during the Archaic Period by the Ionians.
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Old Smyrna was the initial settlement founded around the 11th century BC, first as an Aeolian settlement, and later taken over and developed during the Archaic Period by the Ionians.
View the Source2. Smyrna (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 38.418611, longitude 27.142836
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: İzmir - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 122 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 27.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 27.25
38.25 27.25 Csa
View the Source 5. GeoNames: İzmir - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 311046Quote, cities500 record 311046
38.41273 27.13838 P PPLA TR 35 2938292 122 Europe/Istanbul
View the Source Wikidata: Smyrna
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