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Smyrna

Western Asia

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.

Facts
Founding Year
1100 BCE to 1001 BCE 1
Latitude
38.418611 degrees north 2
Longitude
27.142836 degrees east 2
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Source Sabbatai Zevi (Wikipedia)Article text
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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.
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2. Smyrna (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 38.418611, longitude 27.142836
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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Wikidata: Smyrna
Wikidata Q1379299, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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