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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Iconium , ancient city of Asia Minor, the modern Konya , Turkey. In ancient days it was at various times in Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cappadocia, and the Roman province of Galatia. It was visited by Paul, who converted part of the Greek and Jewish population and established an important church there. In the 3d cent. AD, Iconium became an active Christian colony. Author not available, ICONIUM. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Iconium
Iconium A Phrygian city, usually under foreign domination, in Asia...the whole of Galatia became a Roman province. In Acts 13 Iconium and other neighbouring cities are cited as belonging to...mixed population of Jews and Gentiles . They returned to Iconium twice (Acts 14: 21–3; 16: 1–6; c ... Read more

Konya
ancient Iconium City (pop., 1997: 623,333), central Turkey. First settled in the 3rd millennium...centres in the world. Influenced by Greek culture from the 3rd century , Iconium came under Roman rule by 25 . It was taken by the Seljuq dynasty 1072... Read more

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	GERMANY: Iconium well beaten.(Sports) ; Iconium, the first British runner in Germany this year, was backed to 4-1 second favourite for a Listed race at Gelsenkirchen on Saturday... Read more
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	When They TRY to Destroy You ; ...19-20 Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul...Our text tells us that "they went into...Iconium, and the apostles so spake that a great...that Paul and Barnabus experienced in Iconium. The Greek text uses two words, polus... Read more
	Steps toward manhood.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; ICONIUM, Mo. _ Late in the camp session, some of the members of Boy Scout Troop 150 were becoming cranky and listless. I wasn't...themselves pinned to their cots by layers of Saran Wrap. Troop 150's tally after nine days at H. Roe Bartle Scout Camp near Iconium, Mo.: One cut requiring six stitches; one bite from a ... Read more
	The Merits of peach floats, Scouts': fizzy ritual leads to badge ; ICONIUM, Mo. - A sweet and simple ritual has endured in this lush oasis for about 30 years. It brings comfort to homesick boys...jaded that innocent pleasure still exists in a complicated and uncertain world. Dusk brings Scouts by the score to Scott's Iconium Store, where they line up at the snack bar window to ... Read more
	At Scout camp, a Bartle continues the family tradition.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) ; ICONIUM, Mo. _ A car pulls up, and 30 boys fall silent. The chief's daughter has arrived. She studies the trail before her, perilous with... Read more
	Problems and worry-beads ; ...s, spent a year for purposes of anthropological research in villages in central Turkey. The chief town, Konya (the ancient Iconium), is nowadays an Islamic citadel, with monuments dating back to the great days of Islam, in the high Middle Ages; there, the... Read more
	The two sides of lending; does NationsBank play good cop and bad cop with borrowers? (mortgage rate discrimination investigated) ; In October, NationsBank South Chairman Hugh M. Chapman spoke at First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta before a mainly nonwhite crowd of 10,000 who jammed the church sanctuary and spilled over to a gym, a... Read more
	"Europe and The Byzantine Empire, C. 526 CE" ; 00-00-0000 Map of Europe and The Byzantine Empire, C. 526 CE Damascus Jerusalem Edessa Antioch Iconium Mainz Milan Rome London Ravenna Massilia Cherson Cyrene Athens Tarento Syracuse Ankara Carthage Sirmium Cordova Toledo Lyons Constantinople... Read more
	Politics, martyrdom and the legend of saint thekla in under western eyes.(Critical Essay) ; ...According to the legend, she left her parents and her betrothed in Iconium in order to follow the great preacher. She gained the title...sought out Paul. Eventually she left him and returned home to Iconium where she spent the rest of her life teaching the gospel and... Read more

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