Attalia

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Attalia was an ancient port city in Pamphylia (modern-day Antalya, Turkey) that served as a key coastal hub in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
port city
settlement in antiquity
connectedTo interior cities of Pamphylia
foundedBy Attalus II Philadelphus NERFINISHED
foundedInCentury 2nd century BCE
foundedInPeriod Hellenistic period
hasAlternativeName Attaleia NERFINISHED
Attaleia Pamphyliae NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalRemainsAt Antalya old town area NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity commerce with eastern Mediterranean ports
fishing
maritime trade
hasFunction export point for agricultural products
stopover on eastern Mediterranean sea routes
hasHistoricalRegion Pamphylia Secunda NERFINISHED
hasLanguageInAntiquity Greek
hasReligionInAntiquity Greek polytheism
hasRole key coastal hub
maritime trade center
port for Pamphylia
hasTypeOfHarbor natural harbor
inAncientProvince Roman province of Pamphylia NERFINISHED
inRegion southern Turkey
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Anatolia NERFINISHED
Asia Minor
Pamphylia NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Antalya NERFINISHED
Turkey
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
southern coast of Asia Minor
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
modernSuccessor city of Antalya
namedAfter Attalus II Philadelphus NERFINISHED
partOf eastern Mediterranean region
strategicImportance access point between Anatolia and Levant
control of sea routes along southern Anatolia
underRuleOf Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Hellenistic Kingdom of Pergamon NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum NERFINISHED
usedAs commercial harbor
gateway to inland Pamphylia
naval base
visitedBy Barnabas NERFINISHED
Paul the Apostle NERFINISHED

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