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Tarsus

Also known as

Antiochia al Cidno
Antioquia del Cidnos
Arzobispado de Tarso
Ciutat de Tars
Dâi-só
Kota Tarsus

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Connected to

in countryTurkey1923 CE
birthplace ofAhmet Danyal Topatan1916 CE
birthplace ofArchedemus of Tarsus3rd c. BCE
birthplace ofAyhan Taşkın1953 CE
place of death ofCalocaerus
place of death ofDiodorus of Tarsus330 CE
birthplace ofDiomedes of Tarsus3rd c. CE
birthplace ofHagnon of Tarsus
place of death ofOdo I, Duke of Burgundy1058 CE
place of death ofÖzgecan Aslan1995 CE
place of death ofمحمد بن إسماعيل بن أبي سمينة

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