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Sivas

Sivas , city (1990 pop. 219,122), capital of Sivas prov., central Turkey, on the Kizil Irmak. An important trade and manufacturing center, it has cement, textile, and rug factories. Iron ore is mined nearby. Known as Sebaste, Sebastia, or Cabira in ancient times, it was an important city of Asia Minor under the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Seljuk Turks. Part of the Seljuk empire of Rum in the late 12th cent., Sivas fell to the Mongols and later (15th cent.) to the Ottoman Turks. In 1919, Kemal Atatürk held an important nationalist congress there.

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	Sivas Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Sivas, Turkey Megalopolis, Sebasteia Founded c. 65 bc when Pompey the Great (106–48 bc), the Roman statesman, merged several settlements into the Roman city of Megalopolis ‘Great City’ or ‘City of the Great One’...Pompey. In the first century ad it was given the name Sebasteia from the ... Read more
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